Rabbi Yeruchem Tzvi Kantrowitz
ירוחם צבי ב"ר דוב
Judaica Dealer, New York CityDate of Death:
Wed. December 23, 1891 -
Kislev 22 5652
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Directions to Kever: Union Field Cemetery in Ridgewood, Queens maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Location: Corner of Main Road and Cedar Avenue, next to Rav Netkin (same section as Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Joseph)
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Jerome
Biographical Notes:
Credit: MCA
Photo Caption: Rabbi Kantrowitz’s signature, Credit: MCA
Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY
Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY
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Rav Yeruchem and Rev Jacob, looks like they were brothers.
Rav Shurkin?s FIL was a Kantrowitz.
Rav Kantrowitz was a book seller in the East Side and was fundraising for the Volozhiner Yeshiva. He very much fought to give the Rav Hakolel position to the Mitover Rav http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=6655&st=&pgnum=253&hilite=
There’s a letter addressed to him from Rav Yitzchok Elchonon regarding collecting pushkes, it seems like he was collecting pushkes for Voloshin and RYE wrote to him that only for the sake of Aniye Eretz Yisroel is allowed. http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31002&st=&pgnum=5&hilite=
There’s a Siddur with English translation which he printed http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=43103&st=&pgnum=1
Signed a letter to defend Rabbi Nathan Netkin (also on this site) who was a Shada”r from Israel to raise funds:
http://books.google.com/books?id=DpIsDjBQXlUC&lpg=PA90&dq=%2231%20east%20broadway%22&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q=%2231%20east%20broadway%22&f=false