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Official Site of Rabbi Nasan Maimon

Today’s online Torah study is dedicated by Yehuda Wurtzel l’ilui nishmas his dear mother Bernice bas Avraham ע”ה whose yahrzeit is on the 12th of Shevat.

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Rav Avrohom (Kokhav-Lev) Sternhartz zal – Yahrzeit – 20th of Elul – His Lineage – Biography – Links – Speaker – R’ Nasan Maimon (Entire Shiur)

Rav Avrohom (Kokhav-Lev) Sternhartz zalYahrzeit on the 20th of Elul – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. (Recorded on 2015-09-03.)
Rav Avrohom b’R’ Naftali Hertz Sternhartz zal – (1862-1955) – His lineage:
Paternal: One of Rav Nosson [of Nemirov]’s sons was R’ Shachneh zal. Reb Shachneh’s son was R’ Naftali Hertz zal. R’ Naftali Hertz’s son was Rav Avrohom Sternhartz zal.
Maternal: Rav Aharon [of Breslov] Goldstein zal had a son: Zvi Aryeh Goldstein zal. Zvi Aryeh’s son was Reb Nachman [of Tcherin] Goldstein zal. Reb Nachman’s daughter, Devorah a”h married R’ Naftali Hertz b’R Shechneh. Their son was Rav Avrohom Sternhartz.
Rav Avrohom Sternhartz was married to Yuta Basya a”h, a granddaughter of Rav Noson of Nemirov [daughter of Reb Yosef Yonah and Esther Sheindel].

  • 08:45 Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal and his father, Rabbi Yisrael Abba Rosenfeld zal, corresponded with Rav Avrohom and raised funds for the Breslov community in Eretz Yisrael.
  • 16:07 Rav Avroham Sternhartz was invited to become the Rav of Lublin, but his grandfather, Rav Nachman Tcherin zal, encouraged him instead to lead the Breslov community.
  • 19:16 Rav Avrohom Sternhartz was taken prisoner by the Arabs in 1948.
  • 27:45 Translation of a letter written by Rav Avrohom asking friends to help him emigrate from Russia to Eretz Yisrael. [B”H He arrived in Yerushalayim in 1936.]
  • 35:27 “Clothing” the Torah enables it to be heard.
  • 37:56 Reference to Likutey Moharan 47Eretz Yisrael enables a person to bring forth words of beauty.

LINKS FOR FURTHER LISTENING:

Rav Avrohom (Kokhav-Lev) Sternhartz zal – Yahrzeit – 20th of Elul – Speaker – R’ Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal (Recorded at a Hilula – Yahrzeit Gathering for R’ Avrohom zal, ca. 1972).

20th of Elul – Joy and Awe – The Life of Rav Avrohom Sternhartz zal – Speaker: R’ Nasan Maimon.

Likutey Moharan 002 – Introduction – Tefilah – Bris – Mishpat – Based on Tovos Zichronos by Rav Avrohom (Kokhav-Lev) Sternartz zal. Speaker: R’ Nasan Maimon.

Indexing and Notes by S.Y. Wurtzel.

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