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Zvi Hirsh Ornstein
ר׳ צבי הירש ב״ר
מרדכי זאב אורנשטיין
Rabbi who served as head of the rabbinical court in Brisk-Litovsk.
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תרמ״ח (1888), ר׳ צבי הירש ב״ר
מרדכי זאב אורנשטיין. אביו, רמ״ז. בנו
יחידו של הר׳ יעקב אורנשטיין, מת בדמי ימיו על
פני אביו בשנת תקצ״ז (1837), בהיות ר׳ צבי הירש
עלם צעיר. אחרי־כן התחתן רצ״ה עם בת הר׳ יחיאל
מיכל קריסטיאמפולר, שהיה חתנו של ר׳ אהרן, מגדולי
בריסק־דליטא, מחבר ספר "מנחת אהרן" על מסכת
סנהדרין, ובשנת תרכ״ה (1865) נתקבל רצ״ה לאב״ד
בבריסק־דליטא ונהג שם רבנות תשע שנים עד שיצאה
פקודה מהשלטון הרוסי שעליו לעזוב את רוסיה,
בהיותו נתין מדינה זרה. בשנת תרל״ג (1873) נתקבל ...Connected nodes
Person
Mordechai Zev Ornstein
Child Of
Person
Yaakov Ornstein
Child Of
Person
Yehiel Mikhel Kristiampoler
Spouse Of
Event
Death of Zvi Hirsh Ornstein’s father
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Marriage of Zvi Hirsh Ornstein
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Appointment of Zvi Hirsh Ornstein in Brisk-Litovsk
Participated In · Employee
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Departure of Zvi Hirsh Ornstein from Russia
Participated In · Subject
Event
Appointment of Zvi Hirsh Ornstein in Lviv
Participated In · Employee
Person
Mordechai Zev Ornstein
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Person
Yaakov Ornstein
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Person
Yehiel Mikhel Kristiampoler
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Person
Aharon of Brisk-Litovsk
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Place
Brisk-Litovsk
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Person
Yosef Shaul Nathanson
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Person
Aryeh-Libush Halevi Nathanson
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Place
Berzan
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Person
Yitzhak Aharon Halevi Ettinger
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Person
Mordechai Zev Ettinger
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Place
Lviv
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Work
Minhat Aharon
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Child Of
Zvi Hirsh Ornstein → Mordechai Zev Ornstein
ר ׳ צב י היר ש ב״ ר מרדכ י זא ב אורנשטיין
Associated events
Death · 1837
Death of Zvi Hirsh Ornstein’s father
Yaakov Ornstein died in 1837 while Zvi Hirsh was young.
Marriage
Marriage of Zvi Hirsh Ornstein
Zvi Hirsh Ornstein married a daughter of Yehiel Mikhel Kristiampoler.
Employment · 1865
Appointment of Zvi Hirsh Ornstein in Brisk-Litovsk
Zvi Hirsh Ornstein became head of the rabbinical court in Brisk-Litovsk in 1865.
Employment · 1888
Appointment of Zvi Hirsh Ornstein in Lviv
Zvi Hirsh Ornstein succeeded Yosef Shaul Nathanson as head of Lviv’s rabbinical court in 1888.