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Yisroel Yaakov Lichtenstein

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85:, noted in a mid-2019 interview that "Zimmerman estimates that he has answered 200,000 sh’eilos from all over the United Kingdom while in Gateshead — in person, over the phone, and by email and text." By the time Lichtenstein retired, the service was described as achieving "response within four hours." 49:
His challenges were not limited tp dealing with religious freedom regarding gender separation in Jewish schools. In 2009, in response to "questions from various quarters," Lichtenstein authored a "to explain what is meant by" article regarding the idea of supervising more than one standard for kosher
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Yisroel Yaakov Lichtenstein, who is also referred to as Yaakov Lichtenstein and Yisroel Lichtenstein continued to serve as the official rabbi of a small congregation until making
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At the time he left London, his co-dayanim were Moshe Elzas, Yehonoson Hool, and Yehoshua Posen Both he and his successor are American born.
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meat, justifying higher level(s) based in part on "since 1905, the London Board for Shechita always provided for two levels of Kashrut."
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Lichtenstein grew up in Boston. Beginning age 20 he lived and studied in Israel for 14 years. He moved to London in 1988.
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Lichtenstein, having spoken out in 2018 about the need for kosher use of technology, lead preparations for what the
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in London, having given notice mid-2019 that after 30 years at that post he'd being moving to Israel.
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His father, Kalman Lichtenstein, was a rabbi in Massachusetts; his mother's name was Golda.
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questions, especially for "those who have not yet found a rabbi." His successor,
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The Federation of Synagogues is located in Hendon, as is the small congregation
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Index

Av Beit Din
Federation of Synagogues
Shraga Feivel Zimmerman
"Stand Up and be Counted"




Yonoson Rosenblum
"Next Stop, London"
Mishpacha


"Gateshead Rav in Talks to Head Federation of Synagogues"
The Jewish Press


"Dayan Yisroel Yaakov Lichtenstein"
"Youth movement offers brighter future"
The London Times


Jonathan Rosenblum
"A Winter Retreat in the Emerald Isle"
Mishpacha
"Rabbi Yaakov Lichtenstein (R) arrives at Pictures"
"HaGaon HaRav Shraga Feivel Zimmerman Appointed New Av Beis Din Of London Beis Din"
Baltimore Jewish Life
"Hendon Beis Hamedrash, London"

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