R' Mordechai Zvi Schwartz

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R' Mordechai Zvi Schwartz was Av Beit Din Szürte - Tzik-Serde Transylvania frmo 1909 - 1914, and then of Congregation Yeri'im, London, England, later A.B.D. Hull, England. In 1930 he assumed the pulpit in the United States as rabbi in Youngstown, Ohio and then in Cleveland.

He was the author of a number of books in English as well as, "Doreish Tov Le Amoh", "Chochma Ve Da'at", "Ma'asei Melech".

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• The power of attorney handwritten by Rabbi Mordechai Tzvi Schwartz of Cleveland, Rabbi of Satmar Rebbe in his youth - the sale of land in Petah Tikva.

The Lakatch brothers in South Africa wanted to sell the estate they inherited from their father and appointed Rabbi Israel Abba Citron, Av Beit Din of Petach Tikvah, as the emissary to carry out the sale. 1916.
The letter was written by Rabbi Mordechai Zvi Schwartz, Av Beit Din of Hollle, England, at the end, in the handwriting and signature of Rabbi Israel Abba Citron.
The Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Tzvi Schwartz was born in Hungary and studied in his youth with the Gaon, author of Kedushat Yomtov from Siget, who took him to become his private tutor for his son Yoel. He grew up to be the Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum zt "l. Rabbi Mordechai Zvi had a wonderful talent, and from far away Hungary took him to serve as rabbi in one of the communities in London. Then he went to serve in Hull. Served there in the rabbinate until a dispute arose between him and the official rabbinate of England against his opposition to the construction of a synagogue on a place that had once served as a Christian cemetery. As a result he was forced to leave for the United States, where he continued to serve in the rabbinate until his death in 1962. He left behind many works, among them the books Avodat Yamid, Derashim Tov to his people, Deroshi Hochma and Daat.
Rabbi Yisrael Abba Citron: (Hebraicized his name to Ketroni, 1881-1927) was the rabbi of Petah Tikva (1911-1927). Son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Rozhin, the Rogachover.

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For his book Doresh Tov LeAmo see: https://jewishmiscellanies.com/2020/04/20/sefer-doresh-tov-leamo-by...