Rabbi Jack Ferber was the son of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber, Rabbi of the West End Great Synagogue in Soho. I have previously written about some of the elder Rabbi Ferber's books - you can read about Shvil HaTzvi and Hegyonei Avos. Eliezer Jacob (Jack) Ferber was born in Zagare, in Lithuania, in 1912, and … Continue reading Iyyunim Be’Halacha (Studies in Halacha) by Rabbi Eliezer Jacob Ferber, London, 1939.
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Shvil HaTzvi, by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber, London 1936
Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber was born in Kovno in 1879. He was a renowned Torah and Talmudic scholar who emigrated to Manchester, England in 1911 and then in 1913 became the Rabbi and leader of the West End Talmud Torah Synagogue (Kehilas Yeshurun) in Soho, London. Much has been written about him, including his memoirs … Continue reading Shvil HaTzvi, by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber, London 1936
Hegyonei Avos By Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber, London 1948
Rabbi Ferber was born in Slabodka, Kovno, Lithuania in about 1878. He emigrated to Britain in 1911 and from 1913 to his retirement in 1955 was the Rabbi of the West End Talmud Torah Synagogue in Soho. He was a prolific author and was renowned as a riveting orator who gave his sermons in Yiddish. … Continue reading Hegyonei Avos By Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber, London 1948
Keter Shem Tob, by Haham Shem Tob Gaguine, Part III, 1948
Dayan Shem Tob Gaguine was born in 1884 in Jerusalem, and died in Manchester in 1953. He was a British Sephardi Rabbi and scion of a famous Moroccan rabbinical dynasty which emigrated to Palestine from Spain at the time of the Spanish Inquisition. He was appointed Chief Rabbi ('Haham') of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews … Continue reading Keter Shem Tob, by Haham Shem Tob Gaguine, Part III, 1948
