Yoseph Leib Kahan

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ר' Yosef Leib Kahana

Hebrew: ר' יוסף ארי' כהנא
Birthdate:
Birthplace: סיגעט, Sighetu Marmatiei, MM, Romania
Death: October 14, 1989 (90-91)
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Shmuel Zanvil Kahana and Rochel Kahana
Husband of Sarah Bina Kahan and Frimet Kahana
Father of Hersh Meilech Kahan -; Rivka Ackerman; Yankel Kahana; Shaindel Kahan; Devoirah Kahan and 4 others
Brother of Rivkah Kahana; Tzvi Elimelech hacohen Kahana; Chaya Beila Gross and Yehuda Yakov Kahana

Managed by: Shulem Jeremias
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About Yoseph Leib Kahan

The following plaques are displayed in the Kahana Ohel in Szighet, Romania.

The larger of the two plaques adjacent to the gravestone of Yehuda Kahana (Kuntres HaSefeikos) reads as follows:

For everlsting memory
This ohel was repaired and made new by R' Yosef Aryeh the son of Shmuel Zanvil and Rachel (his sons Tzvi Elimelech and Yakov the sons of Frumit from Mihalifalvah, presently (residing in) Brooklyn)
The grandson of shmuel Zanvil of Dubuveh
The son of Tzvi Elimelech of Sighet
The son of Yudeh Yakov of Sighet
The son of Yecheil the head of the Beit Din (Rabbinical court) of the holy community of Salkeh
The son of Yuda, "the memory of the righteous should be for a blessing"
The author of (the book) "Kuntres HaSefeikos" ("Notes on (understanding) Situations of Doubt)

Thanks to Dennis Allen Kahan

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Yoseph Leib Kahan's Timeline

1898
1898
סיגעט, Sighetu Marmatiei, MM, Romania
1925
February 15, 1925
1927
1927
1928
1928
1989
October 14, 1989
Age 91
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States
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