Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi

Harav Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi

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Children	Rabbi Schneur Ashkenazy (Chief Rabbi of Rishon L'tzion) Rabbi Meir Ashkenazy (Chief Rabbi of Kfar Chabad)^[1]

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Rabbonim Avraham Osdoba Chaim Gutnick Avraham Chaim Naeh Meir Ashkenazi Mordechai Ashkenazi Mordechai Gutnick Moshe Gutnick Pinhas Hirschprung Shneur Z. Fradkin Yaakov Schwei Yehuda K. Marlow Abraham Hecht Yitzchak Hendel Yosef Heller Yosef Y. Braun Zalman Dworkin Zelig Sharfstein Shmuel L. Medalia Shmarya Y. L. Medalia Sholom Rivkin
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Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi (1943 – January 14, 2015) was an Orthodox rabbi and a member of the Chabad movement of Hasidic. Ashkenazi was the chief rabbi of the Kfar Chabad Chabad community in Israel from 1983 until his death, and was an authority on Halakha (Jewish law).

Halachic stances

Ashkenazy said that long wigs were inappropriate for use as a hair covering under the halachik definition of tzniut.^[2]^[3]

Family

He was a grandson of Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi, former chief rabbi of Shanghai. His son Schneur became the chief rabbi of Rishon L'tzion, Israel.^[4]

References

^ New Chief Rabbi, Collive.com.
^ "Rabbi Says Long Wigs Are Not Proper Head Coverings | CrownHeights.info – Chabad News, Crown Heights News, Lubavitch News". Crownheights.info. February 3, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
^ Gur, Nachman. "Rabbi of Kfar Chabad, "Long Wigs Are Not a Head Covering"". BaltimoreJewishLife.com. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
^ "New Rov in Rishon: Rabbi Schneur Ashkenazi". CrownHeights.com. August 30, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

External links

Speech by Ashkenazi
"Rabbi Ashkenazi's Lakewood Visit". Collive.com. May 20, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
"Rov of Kfar Chabad Meets With Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva » Matzav.com - The Online Voice of Torah Jewry". Matzav.com. May 20, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
"Chabad Delegation in Cairo | Chabad Lubavitch". Chabadworld.net. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
"Chief Rabbi of Kfar Chabad Visits Dnepropetrovsk". Eajc.org. July 20, 2010. Archived from the original on January 15, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
"Reshet Chabad, Religious Public Schools, Israel". Reshet.org.il. Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
"The Yeshiva World Who Will Get the Chabad Vote in the Chief Rabbinate Election? " " Frum Jewish News". Theyeshivaworld.com. July 22, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.