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by Rabbi Michoel Seligson
With special thanks to Rabbi Dovid Hurwitz

Part 1: Horav Hachossid Reb Chaim Hurwitz, fondly known as Reb Chaim Tashkenter, was born to Hachossid Reb Moshe Avrohom Halevi and Mrs. Masha Liba on Shushan Purim 1902 in Suraz, Russia. Suraz, north of Vitebsk and 40 km. from Horodok, was a genuinely chassidishe city.

Our Heroes: Reb Chaim Halevi Hurwitz (1902-1999)

by Rabbi Michoel Seligson
With special thanks to Rabbi Dovid Hurwitz

Part 1: Horav Hachossid Reb Chaim Hurwitz, fondly known as Reb Chaim Tashkenter, was born to Hachossid Reb Moshe Avrohom Halevi and Mrs. Masha Liba on Shushan Purim 1902 in Suraz, Russia. Suraz, north of Vitebsk and 40 km. from Horodok, was a genuinely chassidishe city.

Reb Moshe Avrohom

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4 Comments

  • CV

    Thank you for such a beautiful and comprehensive article of My Zeideh, I only wish he was still around, so that my kids would be able to learn from him,,,,

  • Beautiful!

    Beautiful! May we learn from this great tzaddik R’chaim! What a special holy man! we should all follow in his footsteps

  • THE Truth!!!

    Correction!
    it was a mear 35 km. from Horodok.
    The story with the police man was NOT with a bagel, but rather with a danish.
    The interrogation story was 11 days and NOT two weeks.

    Chevreh we must be super super careful with every single detain when it comes to especially in this day and age etc, but when talking about the chassidim who that risked their LIVES al kiddush hashem…