Rabbi Yosef Nechemia Kornitzer zt"l, Rav of Krakow

Rabbi Yosef Nechemia Kornitzer zt"l

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Years 1880–1933 Yahrzeit 2 Iyar
28 April 1933 · usually in April or May Kever / tziyun The nayer Beis Hachaim (New Jewish Cemetery), ul. Miodowa, Krakow, Poland

Upcoming yahrzeit: 9 May 2027 (5787)

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Biography

Rabbi Yosef Nechemia Kornitzer zt"l was rav of Krakow in the years before the churban. He was born on 12 December 1880 (10 Teves 5641). Sources do not agree whether he was born in Krakow or in Selish (Sevlus); we do not guess. He was a son of Rabbi Akiva Kornitzer zt"l, and through him a descendant of the Chasam Sofer zy"a and of Rabbi Shimon Sofer zy"a. The matzeivah names him Yosef Nechemiah Kornitzer, av beis din of the city, son of Rabbi Akiva.

He served as rav in Selish, and in 1925 he was called to be rav of Krakow, the place of his father and of his grandfather, the Michtav Sofer. He led the kehillah for eight years. He was niftar in Krakow on 2 Iyar 5693 (28 April 1933), as the inscription and the later accounts both give, and he was buried in the nayer Beis Hachaim on ul. Miodowa.

His son, Rabbi Shmelka (Shmuel) Kornitzer Hy"d, followed him in the rabbonus, and rests beside him. Your kvittel will be placed on the kever of Rabbi Yosef Nechemia Kornitzer zt"l in the nayer Beis Hachaim in Krakow.

Historical background

By the 1920s the official rabbonus of Krakow had been vacant for many years after Rabbi Akiva’s histalkus. In 1925 the kehillah called his son, Rabbi Yosef Nechemia, to take that place. He served until 1933, in the last quiet years before the churban. He rests in the nayer Beis Hachaim, and his son Rabbi Shmelka Hy"d was later laid beside him.

Before & after

Who came before

Rabbi Akiva Kornitzer zt"l — His father; earlier rav of Krakow
Rabbi Shimon Sofer zy"a, the Michtav Sofer — His grandfather; earlier rav of Krakow

Who came after

Rabbi Shmelka (Shmuel) Kornitzer Hy"d — His son; he followed him in the Krakow rabbonus, and rests beside him

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.

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