Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi

Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi (1943 – January 14, 2015) was an Orthodox rabbi and a member of the Chabad movement of Hasidic. Ashkenazi was the chief rabbi of the Kfar Chabad Chabad community in Israel from 1983 until his death, and was an authority on Halacha (Jewish law).

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Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi
Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazy
Personal
ReligionJudaism
Children
  • Rabbi Schneur Ashkenazy (Chief Rabbi of Rishon L'tzion)
  • Rabbi Meir Ashkenazy (Chief Rabbi of Kfar Chabad)[1]

Halachic stances

Ashkenazy said that long wigs were inappropriate for use as a hair covering under the halachik definition of tzniut.[2][3]

Family

He was a grandson of Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi, former chief rabbi of Shanghai. His son Schneur became the chief rabbi of Rishon L'tzion, Israel.[4]

References

  1. New Chief Rabbi, Collive.com.
  2. "Rabbi Says Long Wigs Are Not Proper Head Coverings | CrownHeights.info – Chabad News, Crown Heights News, Lubavitch News". Crownheights.info. February 3, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  3. Gur, Nachman. "Rabbi of Kfar Chabad, "Long Wigs Are Not a Head Covering"". BaltimoreJewishLife.com. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  4. "New Rov in Rishon: Rabbi Schneur Ashkenazi". CrownHeights.com. August 30, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.


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