Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky

Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky (1857? in Minsk, Belarus – 1947 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States) was an American Orthodox rabbi and author. His English name was Henry.^[1]

Biography

Zvi Hirsch studied under his famous second cousin Rabbi Hayyim Ozer Grodzinsky. In 1891, he accepted the rabbinate of the two Orthodox synagogues in Omaha. Zvi Hirsch was on par with the elite Jewish Law scholars of his day. He chose, however, to serve as rabbi in a religiously underdeveloped city so that he can pursue his scholarly endeavors. He was a composer of literature on Halakhic topics.

The name Zvi Hirsch is a bilingual tautological name in Yiddish.^[2]: 138 It means literally "deer-deer" and is traceable back to the Hebrew word צבי tsvi "deer" and the German word Hirsch "deer".^[2]: 138

Published works

• Mikveh Yisrael (deals with the laws of Mikveh)
• Mikra'ei Kodesh (deals with the laws of the Public Torah Readings, especially on Mondays and Thursdays)
• Beis Hayayin^[3] (A volume dealing with the laws of Yayin Nesech)
• Milei deBrakhot^[4] (deals with topics in the Talmudic tractate of Brachos)
• Likutei Tzvi ("Gedolei Acharonim" on S.A. - O.C.)

References

1. "Google". www.google.com. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
2. Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2003), Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781403917232 / ISBN 9781403938695 [1]
3. "The Seforim Blog – All about Seforim – New and Old, and Jewish Bibliography". Retrieved May 17, 2020.
4. "מילי דברכות [ב"ח]". Archived from the original on October 28, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2012. "מילי דברכות ח"א". Archived from the original on October 28, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2012.

Sources

• Goldman, Yosef. Hebrew Printing in America, 1735-1926, A History and Annotated Bibliography (YGBooks 2006). ISBN 1-59975-685-4.
• Jewish Life in Omaha and Lincoln: A Photographic History, By Oliver B. Pollak

External links

• Review of a Recent work of Rav Zvi Hirsch Grodzinsky (blog post)