Already a renowned communal rabbi, chassidic leader, and rosh yeshivah prior to the war, the Satmar Rebbe served as rav of several towns in Czechoslovakia and Transylvania Photo credit: Kedem Auction House Title: Running for the Rabbinate in Romania Location: Cluj (Klausenburg), Romania Document: Certificate of Rabbinical Appointment (Ksav Rabbanus) Time: 1921 Although
Rav Aharon felt that hakaras hatov for Eisenhower’s lifesaving act warranted a Mi Shebeirach
The inquiry was about Yeshivas Knesses Beis Yitzchok, which more than 40 years earlier had been located in the Kovno suburb of Slabodka
Though he was attracted by the New World offer, old age and other factors prevented the Malbim from taking the position
Answering the call was a young, ambitious scion of the Alter of Slabodka named Eliyahu Meir Finkel
The incredible zechus of having Rav Shimon serve as the Kohein at a pidyon haben
