Editing Yitzchak Dovid Groner

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'''Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Groner''' (24 Nissan 5685 - 4 Tammuz 5768) [April 18, 1925 - July 7, 2008] was the Rebbe's shliach in Melbourne, Australia, the rabbi of the Chabad community, and founder of the local Chabad institutions. Additionally, he was known as a bearer of tradition who passed down many stories of Chassidim and customs of our Rebbeim.

== Life History ==
Born on 24 Nissan 5685 in Brooklyn, New York, to his father Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Groner and his mother Rebbetzin Menucha Rochel who was a descendant of the Alter Rebbe and Rebbetzin Menucha Rochel. He was a member of the Chabad delegation to the Joint.

On 28 Sivan 5701 [June 23, 1941], he entered to study at the central Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim 770.

On 7 Elul 5706 [September 4, 1946], he married Devorah, daughter of Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Konikov, and merited to have the Rebbe as the mesader kiddushin (officiant) at his wedding.

In 5704 [1944], he was appointed as the head of Yeshivas Achei Tmimim Rochester, and on 23 Menachem Av 5705 [August 4, 1945], with the establishment of Yeshivas Achei Tmimim Providence, he was appointed as the rosh yeshiva there.

In 5707 [1947], he was sent as a shadar (emissary) to Australia.

Later, until 5717 [1957], he led a community in Chicago, and in 5718 [1958], he was sent by the Rebbe to Australia and established there a powerhouse of institutions and activities.

In his later years, he suffered from several serious illnesses, and his son-in-law Rabbi Tzvi Telsner filled his position.

He passed away on Monday, 4 Tammuz 5768 [July 7, 2008] in the morning, at the age of eighty-two. He was laid to rest in Jerusalem.

His wife lived a long life and passed away at the age of 92 in 5778 [2018].

In 5781 [2021], Chaim Mehlman published a book about his life story called "Larger than Life."

Some of his sons and daughters continue his shlichus in important roles in Melbourne.

== His Family ==
* His brother, the Rebbe's personal secretary Rabbi Yehuda Leib Groner.
* His brother, Moshe Groner.
* His son, Rabbi Shalom Dovber Groner, rabbi and mashpia of the Chabad community in Johannesburg, South Africa.
* His son, Rabbi Yosef Groner, shliach in the Bentleigh neighborhood, Melbourne.
* His son, Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Groner, his replacement as the Rebbe's shliach to Australia, rabbi of the central Chabad institutions and rabbi of the Ohel Devorah synagogue in Melbourne.
* His son, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Groner, shliach in the Glen Eira neighborhood, Melbourne.
* His son-in-law, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Telsner, his replacement as rabbi of the community in Melbourne, dayan and posek.
* His son-in-law, Rabbi Dovid Haller, shliach in Johannesburg, South Africa.
* His son-in-law, Rabbi Yitzchak Tzirkind - rabbi, posek and educator in Crown Heights.
* His son-in-law, Rabbi Shimshon Yurkowitz - shliach in the Malvern neighborhood, Melbourne.

== Further Reading ==
* Shneur Zalman Berger, '''Creator of the Revolution Through the Power of the Sender''', Beis Moshiach weekly magazine issue 657 page 26

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