Rabbi Tzvi Adams
צבי ב"ר אברהם בנימין
Rav, Rochester, New YorkDate of Death:
Sun. October 31, 1943 -
Cheshvan 2 5704
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Directions to Kever: Mount Judah Cemetery in Ridgewood, Queens maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Location: Society: TAL TOR TIPH JER, Section: 1, Block: V, Gate: 1, two rows behind the Yampola Rebbe
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: ADAMS, HERSH
Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: Rav Tzvi Adams, Credit: Needed
Source: Listed
Photo Caption: Morning Journal, October 1943
Photo Caption: Morning Journal, October 1943
Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY
Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY
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He was a member of the Agudath Harabonim.
How would Adams be spelled in hebrew?
2. perpetuate care, see that little blue sticker – who normally pays for the upkeep? does that suggest he has decedents around?
i just noticed that reading the 1st letter of each line spells out HARAV TZVI HIRSH, while on the bottom it only says TZI – was his name Tzvi Hirsh or was he known as Hirsh?
His given name was Tzvi, but people called him Hirsh, which is the yiddish version of Tzvi.
The matter og “kinuim” (Nick-names or so) is a long one tracing back to the Beth Schmuel in Even Ha’azer and all Halachic works around that.
Hirsch is a Kinu for Tzvi being that is is the Yiddish translation of it, Hirsch is also a Kinu on Naftali as well as Hertz/Hirtzn and Hertzka (הירץ, הערץ, הירצקא).
HE WAS THE GRANDFATHER THROUGH MARRIAGE OF REB DOVID POVARSKY THERE IS A LEILUI NISHMAS FOR RABBI ADAMS IN THE BEGINING OF YHOSHUAS DOVID HE HAS MANY GRANDCHILDREN WHO HAVE HIS NAME TZVI HIRSH
Correct. Rav Adams was the father-n-law of Rav Kraiser (http://kevarim.vohost.us/rabbi-dovid-dov-kreiser/).
Interesting that in Reb Dovid got the date all wrong there (it says Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan תש”ג).
Rabbi Tzvi Adams was my grandfather. The well-known Rabbi Theodore Adams (who was president of the Rabbinical council of America and the Synagogue council of America ) grew up in Bangor Maine. At age 14, he had received very little religious education. Rav Tzvi,who was rav in Boston, took him to live with him. In a short while he prepared him to be accepted in a mesivta. The rest is a success story. My story is very similar. At age 10 I went to live in Boston for 6 weeks and I suceeded in being accepted to Rav Pam’s class in mesivta Torah Vodaath. The same occured to my brother Avrohom and my cousin Binyomin. The last few years of his life, he gave up his rabbunis (a synagogue, so big, that over 400 men would enjoy his 90 minute shabbos shiur)to live in the mesivta dormitory to be near and teach his grandchildren. Although he was not the rabbi, people would flock to his shiurim in the Clymer street shule. He was an excepional darshan and teacher.
He loved shalom. Many were the avowed enemies who made true shalom through his efforts.
the real yartzait is like it is in reb dovids sefer on the stone its a mistake so it also shows in the cemetary records
Someone marked up his ‘marker’ with the correct date – see link below.
http://s949.beta.photobucket.com/user/aman51/media/Mt%20Judah/Lamport/Adams_zpsff114af6.jpg.html
The Koslowitz family in Lakewood are descendants of Rabbi Adams. R’ Eliyahu Koslowitz Zt”l of Brooklyn’s mother was Ruchama Adamsky, Rabbi Adams’ daughter.
Nice photo from Rabbi Adams
http://forum.otzar.org/viewtopic.php?p=541185#p541185
Does anyone know if this Rav Hersh Adams was also a Rav in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania in the late 1920s and/or early 30s? (There definitely was a Rav there with that name and it seems his son took over the shteler when he left) Also, did he remarry when he was about 60 years old?
@yoel s.
yes its the same
and he did remarry at 60 his first wife is burried in rochester
see more in the sefer איש חמודות
https://beta.otzar.org/#/b/105732/p/6/t/16350.7835327687395504/fs/0/start/0/end/0/c