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==Family== |
==Family== |
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[[Image:Bostoner Rebbe LYH at age 4.jpg|thumb|left|150px|The Bostoner Rebbe at age four]] |
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Reb Levi Yitzchak parents were Grand Rabbi Pinchos Dovid Horowitz and [[Rebbitzen]] Sora Sosha Horowitz. His father, founder of the [[Boston (Hasidic dynasty)|Boston Hasidic dynasty]], died in November 1941. In 1942, shortly after his father's death, he married Rachel Unger Leifer of [[Cleveland, Ohio]]<ref>[http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5762/MM62aboston.htm The Bostoner Rebbetzin]</ref><ref>[http://www.esek.com/jerusalem/5762/lev/ Raichel Horowitz]</ref>, a descendant of Reb [[Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)|Naftoli Ropshitzer]]. |
Reb Levi Yitzchak parents were Grand Rabbi Pinchos Dovid Horowitz and [[Rebbitzen]] Sora Sosha Horowitz. His father, founder of the [[Boston (Hasidic dynasty)|Boston Hasidic dynasty]], died in November 1941. In 1942, shortly after his father's death, he married Rachel Unger Leifer of [[Cleveland, Ohio]]<ref>[http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5762/MM62aboston.htm The Bostoner Rebbetzin]</ref><ref>[http://www.esek.com/jerusalem/5762/lev/ Raichel Horowitz]</ref>, a descendant of Reb [[Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)|Naftoli Ropshitzer]]. |
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==Communal activism== |
==Communal activism== |
Revision as of 22:25, 27 April 2009
Levi Yitzchak Horowitz | |
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Title | Bostoner Rebbe |
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Religion | Judaism |
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Predecessor | Pinchos Dovid Horowitz |
Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz (nicknamed the Bostoner Rebbe, born July 3, 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a Hasidic rebbe.
Family
Reb Levi Yitzchak parents were Grand Rabbi Pinchos Dovid Horowitz and Rebbitzen Sora Sosha Horowitz. His father, founder of the Boston Hasidic dynasty, died in November 1941. In 1942, shortly after his father's death, he married Rachel Unger Leifer of Cleveland, Ohio[1][2], a descendant of Reb Naftoli Ropshitzer.
Communal activism
In 1943, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Horowitz was one of the four hundred-plus rabbis led by Rabbi Baruch Korff who traveled to Washington, D.C. just before Yom Kippur, to plead with President Franklin D. Roosevelt to rescue Jews from Hitler.[3]
In 1944, upon becoming the first American-born chasidic rebbe, he announced that his primary thrust as rebbe would be aimed at the area's large number of college students, many of whom were away from home and in a perfect position to partake of all that he felt the New England Chassidic Center could offer them. Many tried to dissuade him, saying that chasidus and college did not and could not mix, but the Rebbe persevered and was personally responsible for returning many hundreds of students at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology to their Jewish roots.
The Rebbe serves as a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of Israel.
References
- ^ The Bostoner Rebbetzin
- ^ Raichel Horowitz
- ^ International Jerusalem Post, January 19-25, 2007, Page 19