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== Chabad Chassidism == | == Chabad Chassidism == | ||
'''Settlement of Chabad Chassidim in the Area''' | '''Settlement of Chabad Chassidim in the Area''' | ||
[[File:פילדלפיה תרצ.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:פילדלפיה תרצ.jpg|thumb|The Rebbe Rayatz in Philadelphia]] | ||
Before Crown Heights was established as a center for Chabad Chassidim, some Chabad Chassidim who arrived in the United States lived for a period in Philadelphia, where a large and established Jewish community existed. Among them were Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Dribin, Rabbi Meir Itkin, Rabbi Zeev Kazinitz, and others. The rabbi of the local Chabad community was Rabbi Shalom Tzvi Schneiderman, who served in this position until his death in a car accident in the year 5715 (1955). | Before Crown Heights was established as a center for Chabad Chassidim, some Chabad Chassidim who arrived in the United States lived for a period in Philadelphia, where a large and established Jewish community existed. Among them were Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Dribin, Rabbi Meir Itkin, Rabbi Zeev Kazinitz, and others. The rabbi of the local Chabad community was Rabbi Shalom Tzvi Schneiderman, who served in this position until his death in a car accident in the year 5715 (1955). | ||