Executive Vice President of the Agudas HaRabonim
d. 5 Cheshvan, 1978 (5739)
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His father was very famous in Russia – the “Minchas Shabbos”. I think R’ Meir was the youngest son.His son R’ Chaim Zalman Cohen lives in Lawrence, NY, and authored a sefer on Brachos and Sukkah – “Maadanei Chaim”.
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הוא נין נכד להרבה רבנים וגדולים, אך היחוס לשארית יוסף, הוא בן אחר בן.
יחוסו מפורט בשער של ספרי אביו. -
A notice of his petirah in HaPardes:http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=12400&st=&pgnum=31&hilite=.
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הוא צאצא להרבה רבנים וגדולים, אומנם יחוסו לבעל השארית יוסף, הוא בן אחר בן.
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בראש ספר ‘מנחת שבת’ ושאר ספריו, יש רשימת יוחסין באורך.
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reb meir succeeded his father as rov in shatova russia still in his teens, and was rov in a few choshuve kehilos in america before becomeing menahel and rosh bais din of the agudas harabanim. he has semicha from many gedolim, and his seforim on rambam have haskamos from other gedolim. his son rabbi chaim z. also wrote a sefer on maseches migilah.
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This conference started on the 8th day of Kislev 5717-1957 in Rockaway Park, NY and went on for 3 days with over 300 Rabbonim and Leaders attending:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=28187&st=&pgnum=41&hilite=See here some text of the speeches:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=28187&st=&pgnum=20I guess this photo is of one small meeting one of the committees, and according to one source the person in the photo # 10 is Reb Chaim Tzvi Kriger formerly from Brussels:
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I see now that there was more then one Confrence in Rocoaway Park NY so I am not sure which one this photo is of , maybe it is from the one in 1965:
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I showed the picture to my neighbor, Rav Shmerel Shulman and he identified the rabbonim in the picture as:
#2 Rav Mayer Cohen – Asbury Park, NJ
#7 Rav Simcha Elberg
#8 Rav Shimon Morduchovitz – Bronx, NY
# 10 Rav Chaim Tzvi Kruger
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Number 2 looks like Rabbi Zalman Reichman from the Bronx who put out some of the Ramban’s on Shas
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It couldn’t have been the 1965 conference since R. Aharon Kotler z”l had already passed away by late 1962.
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My grandfather, Rabbi Meir Cohen, the former Executive Vice President & Menahel of the Agudas Harrabonim of North America for over twenty years, and Mechaber of the Sefer “Chelkas Meir” on the Rambam (who’s father was Rabbi Shmuel Burzstyn the Mechaber of the seforim Minchas Shabbos & Ma’adanai Shmuel on Hilchos Pesach), was incorrectly identified as the rabbi # 2 in the picture, when he is really the rabbi situated as # 8. My Zaidie is sitting to the immediate right of Rabbi Yaakov Ruderman the Rosh Yeshiva of Ner Yisroel and is sitting two seats to the left of Rabbi Aharon Kotler of Beth Medrash Govoha.
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Hi Baruch Cohen,When did your Zieda pass away and where is he buried?His seforim Chelkas Mier are available on Hebrew Books.org, here is part I:
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Just for the information;This picture with the numbering and all the info of who the Rabbonim are, was this week in the Mishpacha without mentioning/crediting where they took it from.
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