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About Rabbi Shimon Yisroel Posen (Shoproner Rav)
Rabbi Shimon Yisrael Posen] (1894-1969), was born in Frankfurt and moved to Hungary where he was drawn to Chasidut, and was a student of the "Minchat Elazar" of Munkatsch. One of the leaders of Orthodox Jewry and zealots in Hungary. After the holocaust he immigrated to the United States, where he established a yeshivah and became one of the leading Charedi rabbis in the United States. Source
Rabbi Shimon Yisroel Posen was born in 1894 in Frankfurt am Main, where his father R’ Gershon served as Dayan. I know so, R’ Shimon Yisroel was a Talmid of R’ Yoel Fellner in Beled, Hungary. In the 1910s, he went to Munkacs, where became a strongly anti-Zionist follower of the Munkacs Rebbe Minchos Eluzer. In 1932 elected to Rav in Sopron, Hungary. In 1945, he liberated in Budapest, then lived in Soltvadkert, and from 1946 was head of the Huvosvolgy Yeshiva in Budapest. Served as Rav in Papa from Summer 1947, until left Hungary August 1948. In the US, he was the Satmar Rosh-Yeshiva. Source
Simon Posen was born in Frankfurt Germany in 1894 to Mirjam nee Marton. He was a chief rabbi. Prior to WWII he lived in Sopron, Hungary.
This information is based on the records/documents displayed below: Last Name First Name Birth Year Place of Residence Source Posen Simon 1894 Sopron, Hungary List of persecuted persons
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Rabbi Shimon Yisroel Posen (Shoproner Rav)'s Timeline
| 1894 |
July 20, 1894
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Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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| 1924 |
March 6, 1924
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Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary
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| 1969 |
April 10, 1969
Age 74
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New Square, Rockland County, New York, United States
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New Square, NY, United States
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