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Elchonon Wasserman
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Elchonon Bunim Wasserman ( Hebrew : אלחנן בונים וסרמן ; Lithuanian : Elchononas Vasermanas ; 1874 – 6 July 1941) was a prominent rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) in prewar Europe. He was one of the closest students of Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (the Chofetz Chaim) and a noted Talmid Chacham . In the interwar period , he served as rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Ohel Torah-Baranovich . He was murdered during the Holocaust .
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