Reb Moshe HaLevi Horowitz zy"a, Bostoner Rebbe of New York
Reb Moshe Horowitz zy"a, Bostoner Rebbe of Brooklyn
רבי משה הורוויץ זי״ע, באסטאנער רבי פון ברוקלין
Upcoming yahrzeit: 19 June 2027 (5787)
Hebrew Wikipedia gives the birth year as 5669 / 1909. Encyclopaedia Judaica gives 1913; the page follows 1909.
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Reb Moshe HaLevi Horowitz zy"a was the older son of the first Bostoner Rebbe, and the Bostoner Rebbe of New York. He was born in Yerushalayim in 5669 (1909). (Encyclopaedia Judaica gives 1913; this page follows Hebrew Wikipedia and other accounts that give 1909.) He learned in yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel, Poland, and Hungary, and came to America around 1940. He was a son-in-law of Reb Chaim Avraham of Ziditchov zy"a.
After his father's histalkus in 1941, he succeeded him in New York — first in Williamsburg, later in Crown Heights, and then in Boro Park. He founded a Talmud Torah and yeshiva there, Darkei Noam — Hafla'ah. He was active in Agudas Yisroel of America, and in work for refugees during and after the war. He was known as a baal menagen and as a speaker.
He was niftar on 14 Sivan 5745 (3 June 1985), after a heart attack, and rests on Har HaZeitim in Yerushalayim. Your kvittel will be brought to his kever. His sons, Reb Chaim Avrohom zy"a of Ramat Beit Shemesh and Reb Pinchas Dovid zy"a of Flatbush, continued the Bostoner court.
Historical background
After the first Bostoner Rebbe’s histalkus, the New York court was led by this older son, first in Williamsburg and later in Crown Heights and Boro Park, while the younger son renewed the court in Boston itself.
Before & after
Who came before
- The first Bostoner Rebbe, Reb Pinchas Dovid Horowitz zy"a — His father, whom he succeeded in New York.
Who came after
- Reb Chaim Avrohom Horowitz zy"a, Bostoner Rebbe of Ramat Beit Shemesh — His older son, who succeeded him as Bostoner Rebbe of New York, and later settled in Ramat Beit Shemesh.
- Reb Pinchas Dovid Horowitz zy"a, Bostoner Rebbe of Flatbush — His son, who established the Bostoner court in Flatbush. He should not be confused with a nephew of the same name, the Chuster Rav, a son of Reb Levi Yitzchok zy"a.
In his dor
- Reb Levi Yitzchok Horowitz zy"a, the Bostoner Rebbe of Boston and Har Nof — His younger brother, who renewed the Bostoner court in Boston.
Sources
The facts on this page come from the earlier site and from the sources listed here. Where the sources are not one shittah, it is written in the text.
- Hebrew Wikipedia: Chasidut Boston — yahrzeits, kevarim on Har HaZeitim, reinterment of the first Rebbe, and the family line
- Encyclopaedia Judaica / Encyclopedia.com: Horowitz, Pinchas David Ha-Levi (1876–1941); sons Moshe (New York) and Levi Yitzchok (Boston / Har Nof)
- Hebcal date converter (Hebrew–Gregorian yahrzeit dates, including 5787)
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