Yahrtzeit
Rav Yosef Leifer of Pittsburgh
15 Adar
1891 – 1966
Role
Rebbe
Location
Pittsburgh
Works
Tzidkas Yosef
The Tzidkas Yosef (1891-1966). A descendant of Rav Meir HaGadol of Premishlan. Two of his sons, Rav Yissachar Ber and Rav Mordechai, were murdered by the Nazis in 1944. His eldest son, Rav Avraham Abba, succeeded him and founded Yeshivas Tzidkas Yosef in Ashdod.