Gargzdai, Lithuania

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The Gordz Rabbis

Here is a chronological list of the rabbis who occupied the rabbinical chair in Gordz over 150 years.

R. Leib Teitz.
His son R. Ber Teitz.
R. Boruch Beg.
R. Nachum Gutman, died in the year 5593 [1833]. (His great-grandchildren lived in Gordz.)
R. Yosele Shveksner.
His son R. Zev Yofe, died in the year 5608 [1848] during a great epidemic which claimed many victims. (According to a tradition, this Yofe family descends from the famous sage R. Mordechai Yofe, author of the "Levush," and a chain of rabbis stretched over 12 generations in the family.
His son R. Moshe Yofe, 5608 - 5615 [1848 - 1855].
His son R. Yosef Yofe was a rabbi in Pokroi, Salant, Gordz and finally in Manchester, England where he died in the year 5657 [1897].
R. Yitzhak Rabinowitz, known by the name R. Itzile Ponevezher, died in Ponevezh in the year 5688 [1928].
The rabbi and sage R. Shabse Aharon Shapiro, of blessed memory, a son of R. Moshe Shapiro (Rabbi of Riga and a grandson of R. Eizele Slonimer – R. Eizele Kharif.
R. Meir Levin, born 5653 [1893] Tsitubin. Killed Tammuz 5701 [July, 1941].

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