Zelig Sharfstein

Ezriel Zelig Sharfstein (July 21, 1928– February 11, 2008) was a prominent Chabad rabbi, the Chief Rabbi of the Vaad Ho'ir of Cincinnati, and an international authority on Jewish law.[1] He was a long time, distinguished member on the Executive Committee of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis.[2]

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Life

He was born in 1928 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He was ordained as a rabbi in 1952 and married Reba Kazornovsky in 1954.[3] He was hand-picked by Rabbi Eliezer Silver, to teach in the city's Jewish Day School. In 1964, Silver, then the president of the Agudath HaRabbonim and one of American Jewry's foremost leaders, promoted him to the role of principal.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Goodman, Rebecca (February 19, 2008). "Zelig Sharfstein rabbi to Hasidics". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
  2. ^ "Rabbi Zelig Sharfstein, Halachic Authority, Passes Away". lubavitch.com/LNS. February 11, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Zaklikowski, Dovid (February 12, 2008). "Legal Scholar and Rabbi to Rabbis Passes Away at 79". Chabad.org News. Retrieved February 24, 2008.

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