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Russian rabbi and Rosh yeshivah (Dean of a Talmudic Academy) Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Yosef Ha Kohen Resnick (1841–1912) was a well-known orthodox Russian rabbi and Rosh yeshivah (Dean of a Talmudic Academy ), also known as Rebbe Hirsch Meitsheter (reportedly because Meitshet—the Yiddish term for Molczad—was the birthplace of his wife). Sometimes, "Resnicoff", as in Yizkor-Book (Memorial Book) Suwalk , Berl Kahan (editor), The Suwalk & Vicinity Relief Committee of New York (publisher), 1961, 164, where both name versions are mentioned. "Off", or "Ov" at the end of a name indicated "son of", and so the names could be used interchangeably. However, in his case, Resnick was the name most frequently cited. Hirsch is the Yiddish equivalent for the Hebrew name, Zvi .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Zvi Yosef HaKohen Resnick Rabbi Zvi (Hirsh) Yosef HaKohen Resnick (1841–1912) was a well-known orthodox Russian rabbi and Rosh yeshivah (Dean of a Talmudic Academy ), also known as Rebbe Hirsch Meitsheter (reportedly because Meitshet—the Yiddish term for Molczad—was the birthplace of his wife). Sometimes, "Resnicoff", as in Yizkor-Book (Memorial Book) Suwalk , Berl Kahan (editor), The Suwalk & Vicinity Relief Committee of New York (publisher), 1961, 164, where both name versions are mentioned. "Off", or "Ov" at the end of a name indicated "son of", and so the names could be used interchangeably. However, in his case, Resnick was the name most frequently cited. Hirsch is the Yiddish equivalent for the Hebrew name, Zvi .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Zvi Yosef HaKohen Resnick Rabbi Zvi (Hirsh) Yosef Ha Kohen Resnick (1841–1912) was a well-known orthodox Russian rabbi and Rosh yeshivah (Dean of a Talmudic Academy ), also known as Rebbe Hirsch Meitsheter (reportedly because Meitshet—the Yiddish term for Molczad—was the birthplace of his wife). Sometimes, "Resnicoff", as in Yizkor-Book (Memorial Book) Suwalk , Berl Kahan (editor), The Suwalk & Vicinity Relief Committee of New York (publisher), 1961, 164, where both name versions are mentioned. "Off", or "Ov" at the end of a name indicated "son of", and so the names could be used interchangeably. However, in his case, Resnick was the name most frequently cited. Hirsch is the Yiddish equivalent for the Hebrew name, Zvi .
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well-known orthodox russian rabbi and rosh yeshivah
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orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva
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