Rabbi Menachem Yehuda Guzik

מנחם יהודה ב"ר יצחק יעקב

Date of Death: Fri. October 15, 1943 - Tishrei 17 5704

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Directions to Kever: Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Queens maintains computerized records and will provided a detailed location map upon request. Location: Block: M, along Paradise Avenue

Name Listed on Cemetery Database: GUZIK, MANDEL

Biographical Notes:

Photo Caption: Delegation of rabbonim to Washington, 1925, Credit: Montana Historical Society

Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America’s Archives

1. Rav Zalamn Tuvia Golbowsky, Bayone, New Jeresy, 2. Rav Tzvi Hirsh Dachowitz, Agudath Achim Anshei Libowitz, 3. Rav Menachem Yehuda Guzik, Makover Rav, 4. Rav Avroham Aaron Yudelovitch, Eldridge Street Synagogue, 5. Rebbe Yitzchok Leifer, Nedvorana Bronx Rebbe, 6. Rav Gavriel Zev Margolis, Knesseth HaRabonim, 7. Rav Avroham Miller, Cong. Bnai Yisroel of Borough Park, 8. Unknown

Source: Tugblat (Jewish Daily News), March 11, 1918

Bio information:
Rav Menachem Yehuda Guzik, the Makover Rav was a descendant of the Plotzker Gaon, Rav Aryeh Leib Tzintz, he served as the Chief Rabbi Poughkeepsie and later in the Henry Street Shul on the Lower East Side. In 1925, Rav Guzik was among the delegation of rabbonim which included Rav Avroham Aaron Yudelovitch and Rav Gavriel Zev Margolis to visit President Calvin Coolidge in Washington, DC.

Credit: Asher Lowy, Brooklyn, NY

Credit: Asher Lowy, Brooklyn, NY

Credit: Asher Lowy, Brooklyn, NY