- Shulem Moshkovitz
Infobox Rebbe
title = Shotzer Rebbe
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term =??? – 1958
full name =Shulem Moshkowitz
main work = Daas Sholom
predecessor =
successor =Dovid Moshkowitz
spouse1 =Shlomtza Moshkowitz
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spouse2 =
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spouse3 =
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dynastyname = Shotz
father =Mordechai Yosef Moshe Moshkowitz
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date of birth =
place of birth =Suceava
date of death =1958
place of death =London
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place of burial =Adath Yisroel Cemetery,Enfield |Rabbi Shulem Moshkovitz, known as the Shotzer Rebbe, was born in Suceava,
Romania . He was a descendant of the famedchasidic Rebbe Yechiel Mikhl of Zlotshov .He emigrated to
London ,England , beforeWorld War II , settling inStamford Hill , a part of London where not many chasidic Jews lived then. In London he became known as the "Shotzer Rebbe". He established a "Beis Medrash" affiliated to theUnion of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations .Rabbi Shulem was the son of Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Moshe of Sulitz. He married Shlomtza, the daughter of his father's brother, Rabbi Meir, and his first wife, Dinah. The Shotzer Rebbe wrote several volumes of
Torah commentaries named "Daas Sholom", are arranged according to the order of "Perek Shira ". He was a genius both in the revealed Torah and in Kabbala, and lived a lifestyle of holiness and simplicity.Among the Shotzer Rebbe's descendants are Rabbi David Moskowitz, the Shotzer Rebbe of
Ashdod ,Israel , and RabbiNaftali Asher Yeshayahu Moskowitz , the Shotz-Melitzer Rebbe, also in Ashdod, author of several books, including "Peiros Hailan" on the laws ofChol HaMoed , and "Nefesh Chaya", a commentary and interpretation of theBook of Psalms .He died in London on 22
Teves 5718 (1958), and is buried in theAdath Yisroel cemetery inEnfield . An "ohel " was built over his grave; it is a place of pilgrimage every Friday.Rabbi Shulem left an ethical will specifying that anyone could come to his grave and ask for his help, as long as they undertake to better themselves in at least one way in exchange. [http://www.famousrabbis.com/SIMG0039.jpg]
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Shotz (Hasidic dynasty)
*Zlotshov (Hasidic dynasty)
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