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Reb Meshulam Feish Segal Lowy zy"a, the Tosher Rebbe, founder of Kiryas Tosh

The Tosher Rebbe, Reb Meshulam Feish Lowy zy"a

דער טאהשער רבי, רבי משולם פייש לאָווי זי״ע

Years 1921–2015 Yahrzeit 27 Av
12 August 2015 · usually in August The Ohel The ohel in the Kiryas Tosh cemetery, 3650 Avenue Moishe, Boisbriand, Quebec

Upcoming yahrzeit: 30 August 2027 (5787)

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Biography

Reb Meshulam Feish Segal Lowy zy"a was the fourth Tosher Rebbe, and the founder of Kiryas Tosh. He was born on 3 Nisan 5681 (11 April 1921) in Nyírtass (Tosh), Hungary, a son of Reb Mordechai Segal Lowy zy"a, later the third Tosher Rebbe and rav of Demecser, and Rebbetzin Cirel. He was named after his great-grandfather, Reb Meshulam Feish Lowy I zy"a, the first Tosher Rebbe. In the war he served in the Hungarian Labor Service and was not deported with most of his family; he was liberated near Marghita in October 1944. In 1946 he married Rebbetzin Chavah Weingarten, a descendant of Reb Elimelech of Lizensk zy"a. In 1948 the remaining chassidim of his father crowned him Rebbe in Nyíregyháza.

In the spring of 1951 he came to Montreal, where his brother was already settled, and after Pesach he opened a beis medrash, Ohel Elimelech. In 1963 he founded Kiryas Tosh in Boisbriand, Quebec, north of Montreal — a Chasidic village, after the model of New Square. Eighteen families moved there at first. He was known for a long, fiery tefillah, for brachos, and for chessed. His collected teachings were published as Avodas Avodah.

Rebbetzin Chavah was nifteres in 1996. He later remarried. He was niftar on 27 Av 5775 (12 August 2015) in Kiryas Tosh, and rests in the ohel in the Kiryas Tosh cemetery, 3650 Avenue Moishe, Boisbriand, Quebec. Your kvittel will be brought to his ohel. He was succeeded by his son, Reb Elimelech Lowy. His older son, Reb Mordechai, was niftar in his father's lifetime; sources give 1997 or 1998 for that petirah, and the year is not treated here as settled. Some obituaries gave his age as 95; 11 April 1921 to 12 August 2015 is 94.

Historical background

After the war, Hungarian Chasidus was rebuilt in new places. Kiryas Tosh, founded in 1963 in Boisbriand, became the Tosher court in Canada, following the path of New Square as a separate Chasidic village.

Before & after

Who came before

  • Reb Mordechai Segal Lowy zy"a, the third Tosher Rebbe — His father, who had been rav of Demecser and succeeded as Tosher Rebbe after the first Rebbe's grandson.
  • Reb Elimelech of Lizensk zy"a — The first Rebbetzin, Chavah Weingarten, was a descendant of the Noam Elimelech. The beis medrash he opened in Montreal was named Ohel Elimelech.

Who came after

  • Reb Elimelech Lowy, the Tosher Rebbe of Kiryas Tosh — His son, who succeeded him as Tosher Rebbe.

In his dor

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.

  1. Wikipedia: Meshulim Feish Lowy (fourth Tosher Rebbe; 11 April 1921, Nyírtass – 12 August 2015, Kiryas Tosh, Boisbriand); Avodas Avodah; successor Rabbi Elimelech Lowy
  2. Yiddish Wikipedia: Meshulam Feish Lowy — birth 3 Nisan 5681; yahrzeit 27 Av 5775
  3. Yiddish Travelers: Rabbi Meshulim Feish Segal Lowy, Tosher Rebbe — ohel in the Kiryas Tosh cemetery, 3650 Av. Moishe, Boisbriand, QC; yahrzeit 27 Av
  4. Zadikim.net: Rabbi Meshulam Feish Lowy II of Tosh — born Nyírtass, 5681/1921; Kiryas Tosh founded 5723; yahrzeit 27 Av 5775 / 12 August 2015; sefer Avodas Avodah; successor Rabbi Elimelech Lowy
  5. Matzav.com: The Tosher Rebbe zt"l — Avodas Avodah series (Dibros Kodesh, Imros Kodesh, Sichos Kodesh); survived the Hungarian Labor Service; liberated near Marghita, October 1944
  6. The Jewish Press: Passing of the Tosher Rebbe, z’l — son of Grand Rabbi Mordechai Segal Lowy, the third Tosher Rebbe; married Chava Weingarten in 1946; Montreal 1951; Kiryas Tosh 1963
  7. Hebcal date converter (Hebrew–Gregorian yahrzeit dates, including 5787)

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