Editing Zalman Shimon Dvorkin (section)

Rabbi Zalman Shimon Dvorkin (1900 - 17th of Adar 1985) served as the Rabbi of [[Crown Heights]] and was a member of the Lubavitch Rabbinical Committee.

Rabbi Dvorkin was born in the town of Rogatchov in 1900 to his father Reb Yerucham and his mother Mrs. Rivka. In 1912, he was sent to study at Yeshivas [[Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim|Tomchei Tmimim in Lubavitch]], where he became one of the outstanding students. His teacher in Nigleh was Reb Shmuel Nisnevitch (Borisover) and in Chassidus was Reb Gronem Esterman. His peers included Rabbi Yehuda Haber, Rabbi Yisroel Leib Lipshitz, and Rabbi Avraham Eliyahu Axelrod.