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When World become Rosh Yeshiva in Bais KKreiswirth i1:>1:J7 j71i::i i:::it, Rav of War II broke out, and he was I Medrash La Torah, in Chicago (later Antwerp, Belgium, for the past fifty captured by the Nazis, he beseeched in Skokie), where he established a close years. An extraordinary talmid chacham, the Ribbono Shel Olam that he be contact with numerous talmidim - a poseik, and leading spokesman for saved in the zechus of his service to bond that he maintained until his last Torah Jewry, Rabbi Kreiswirth was the blind scholar. Indeed, he escaped days. born in Wojnicz, Poland in Galicia in by an unusual occurrence. The After several years in Chicago, he 5679 (1918). German sol­ responded to the invitation to accept Son of Rabbi dier who the Rabbanus and become Av Beis Din Avraham held him (head of the rabbinical court) of Yoseif Sher­ captive told Antwerp. During those post-War man, Rav of him that he years, Antwerp - and the European Wojnicz, a would shoot continent, in general - was shattered, leading poseik into the air, the Jewish population decimated by who wrote a while he Hitler's genocide, and the people number of could run sorely in need of leadership, guidance, sefarim, he was away. encouragement, and a Torah vision. brought up in He Rabbi Kreiswirth provided these in a a home distin- reached Sia­ manner that transformed Antwerp guished by ~ bodka early into a leading community in Europe. Torah and • in the War, His impact reached beyond chess ed. j where he Belgium, and difficult she' eilos in The young < married the halacha were addressed to him from Chaim was a ~ daughter virtually all over the world. leading talmid < ofRabbi He headed numerous rabbinical in Yeshivas 1Avraham and organization groups, including Chachmei B Grodzinski the rabbinical committee that dealt Lublin where ~ (the Taras with conversion issues, fighting he impressed Avraham), against efforts to conduct non­ the Rosh Hayeshiva, Rabbi Meir the Mashgiach of the Slabodka halachic conversions.
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