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Created page with "thumb Rabbi '''Yochanan Gordon''' (23 Iyar 5654 / 1894 - 29 Av 5729 / 1969) was the chief gabbai at 770 for many years, and a member of various Chabad organizations in the United States, including: Agudas Chassidei Chabad, Machne Israel, and Chevra Bikur Cholim. == Life History == He was born on 23 Iyar 5654 / 1894 to his father R' Yisrael, who was the mohel in the Chassidic town of Dokshitz, and to his mother Mrs. Esther. His parents' f..." |
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Rabbi '''Yochanan Gordon''' (23 Iyar 5654 / 1894 - 29 Av 5729 / 1969) was the chief gabbai at 770 for many years, and a member of various Chabad organizations in the United States, including: Agudas Chassidei Chabad, Machne Israel, and Chevra Bikur Cholim. | Rabbi '''Yochanan Gordon''' (23 Iyar 5654 / 1894 - 29 Av 5729 / 1969) was the chief gabbai at 770 for many years, and a member of various Chabad organizations in the United States, including: Agudas Chassidei Chabad, Machne Israel, and Chevra Bikur Cholim. | ||
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He studied in the Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch and Tomchei Tmimim Schedrin yeshivas between the years 5669-5677 / 1909-1917, and was considered a distinguished student of the mashpia Rav Shaul Dov Zislin. | He studied in the Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch and Tomchei Tmimim Schedrin yeshivas between the years 5669-5677 / 1909-1917, and was considered a distinguished student of the mashpia Rav Shaul Dov Zislin. | ||
In 5677 / 1917, he married his wife Mrs. Zisha, daughter of R' Nissan Klubanov. The wedding took place on Shushan Purim, and during the wedding celebration, news arrived that a revolution had broken out against the Czar, and the celebration took on new life. | In 5677 / 1917, he married his wife Mrs. Zisha, daughter of R' Nissan Klubanov<ref>The uncle of The Freideker Rebbe's secretary, Rabbi Yechezkel Feigin</ref>. The wedding took place on Shushan Purim, and during the wedding celebration, news arrived that a revolution had broken out against the Czar, and the celebration took on new life. | ||
After the wedding, he returned to Dokshitz and learned shechita and bedika (ritual slaughter and examination) from the shochet in the nearby town of Globke. After his father's passing, he did not want to take on the responsible position, and only after the intervention of Rav Leib Sheinin did he agree to fill his place. | After the wedding, he returned to Dokshitz and learned shechita and bedika (ritual slaughter and examination) from the shochet in the nearby town of Globke. After his father's passing, he did not want to take on the responsible position, and only after the intervention of Rav Leib Sheinin did he agree to fill his place. | ||
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* A review of his life from the magazine A Chassidisher Derher (in English) | * A review of his life from the magazine A Chassidisher Derher (in English) | ||
* '''Letters he received from the Rebbe''', included in the teshura from the wedding of his descendants Marozov-Grossbaum, 5782/2022 | * '''Letters he received from the Rebbe''', included in the teshura from the wedding of his descendants Marozov-Grossbaum, 5782/2022 | ||
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