Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung

1912 CE–1998 CE · Modern · Vilna (Vilnius)

A Polish-Canadian posek and rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung served as chief rabbi of Montreal and was also named rosh yeshiva of Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch. He is chiefly known for *Fun Nazishen Yamertal: Zikhroines fun a Palit*, his wartime memoir of flight from Nazi-occupied Europe, which records his escape route and the conditions of Jewish survival in wartime Asia.

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Born in Dukla in 1912 and raised there before his later rabbinic career. His memoir and later biographical notices identify Dukla as his birthplace.

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