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NEWS
Hachtoro of HaRav Dov Tzvi Kreiswirth
by Betzalel Kahn
An impressive ceremony was held at the appointment of HaRav
Dov Tzvi Kreiswirth as the rav of the Derech Chaim community
and the Meir community in Har Nof, Yerushalayim. He is
succeeding his father, the great gaon HaRav Chaim Kreiswirth
zt"l, the Gavad of Antwerp, who served as the
rav of both these eminent communities.
The event began in the early hours of the evening in the home
of HaRav Yosef Sholom Eliashiv, who was the first to sign the
ksav hachtoroh of HaRav Dov Tzvi Kreiswirth. Maran
also gave him a letter of blessing and blessed him that he
merit to continue in the ways of his father zt"l.
Afterward, the venue moved to the beis medrash in Har
Nof for a siyum haShas le'illui nishmoso of the Gavad
of Antwerp. Opening remarks were delivered by HaRav Aharon
Shedmi, a ram in the Heichal HaTorah Mitzion beis medrash
and one of the prominent members of its congregation.
Letters were read from HaRav Eliashiv, as well as HaRav
Michel Yehudah Lefkowitz, HaRav Boruch Dov Rosenberg, HaRav
Malkiel Kotler, HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky, HaRav Yeshaya
Goldschmidt, the Ravad of Carlsberg from Boro Park and
more.
Speaking were HaRav Mordechai Zuckerman, HaRav Shmuel
Auerbach, HaRav Pinchas Zelivansky, HaRav Tzvi Kushelevsky,
HaRav Simcha Kook, HaRav Boruch Shimon Solomon and the Admor
of Pittsburgh, a brother-in-law of HaRav Kreiswirth
shlita.
Finally the new rov spoke, saying that he did not know how he
could fill his father's place. After the event, he went to
give money to an almonoh that his father promised to
support from his sick bed.
Recently also there was a special hesped marking
sheloshim since the passing of HaRav Chaim Kreiswirth,
zt"l at the Ahavas Torah shul in Kiryat Zanz of
which the niftar was the nosi. Speaking were
HaRav Arye Finkel, HaRav Michel Zilber, HaRav Aharon Dunner
of London, and the niftar's son, HaRav Dov
Kreiswirth.
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