Avrohom Dovid Niznik
Avrohom Dovid Niznik | |
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| Born | February 8, 1921 |
| Died | November 30, 2006 |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Alma mater | Baranowicz Yeshiva[1] |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Pinchas Hirschprung |
| Successor | Binyomin Weiss |
| Position | Chief Rabbi of Montreal |
| Organisation | Vaad Ha'Ir of Montreal |
| Began | 1998[2] |
| Ended | 2006 |
| Yahrtzeit | 10 Kislev 5767 |
| Buried | Zeirai Dath Vedaath section, Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal[3] |
Avrohom Dovid Niznik (Hebrew: אברהם דוד ניזניק; February 8, 1921 – November 30, 2006) was a Canadian rabbi and rosh yeshiva, who served as Chief Rabbi of Montreal from 1998 until his death. Born in Poland, he arrived in Montreal in 1953 after serving as rosh yeshiva in Versailles and Antwerp.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gottesman, E.; Bookman, M. (1965). Who's Who in Canadian Jewry. Jewish Institute of Higher Research. p. 115.
- ^ Arnold, Janice. "Bnei Brak rabbi named to new beit din post". The Canadian Jewish News. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006.
- ^ "Niznik, Abraham Dovid". Online Worldwide Burial Registry. JewishGen. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
- ^ Lapidus, Steven (2011). Orthodoxy in Transition: The Vaad Ha'ir of Montreal in the Twentieth Century (PDF) (Thesis). Montreal: Concordia University. p. 81.
- ^ Lazarus, David (December 7, 2006). "Chief rabbi remembered as decisive and conciliatory". The Canadian Jewish News.
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