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Chaim Kreiswirth was born on 1918 in Belgium, is an Orthodox rabbi (1918–2001). Discover Chaim Kreiswirth's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?
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Chaim Kreiswirth Height, Weight & Measurements
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Chaim Kreiswirth Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Chaim Kreiswirth worth at the age of 83 years old? Chaim Kreiswirth’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Belgium. We have estimated Chaim Kreiswirth's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Rabbi Chaim Kreiswirth (1918–2001) was an Orthodox rabbi who served as the longtime Chief Rabbi of Congregation Machzikei Hadass Antwerp, Belgium.
He was the founder and rosh yeshiva of the Mercaz HaTorah yeshiva in Jerusalem, and was a highly regarded Torah scholar.
Kreiswirth was born in Wojnicz, Poland in 1918, the son of Rabbi Avrohom Yosef Schermann and Perla Kreiswirth.
Kreiswirth studied for many years in the Poland and Lithuania including the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva.
Rabbis Chaim Ozer Grodzinski and Chanoch Henoch Eigis warmly recommended his manuscript on Tractate Zevachim, which was lost during World War II).
Kreiswirth received Semicha from Chanoch Henich Eigess.
With the 1939 German invasion of Poland, Kreiswirth fled to Lithuania.
In Lithuania, he married the daughter of the mashgiach of Slabodka, Avraham Grodzinski.
At the end of World War II, Kreiswirth returned to Poland in an attempt to rescue Jewish children who had been sheltered by the Catholic Church for the war's duration.
In 1947, he moved to the United States and from 1947 to 1953 served as Rosh Yeshiva at the Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois.
In 1953 he moved to Antwerp in an effort to rebuild the Jewish community there.
This move was against the counsel of the Chazon Ish, and the Amshinover Rebbe.
Kreiswirth became the Av Beth Din and Posek in Antwerp and was active in Agudath Israel.
Kreiswirth died on Sunday 30 December 2001 (16 Tevet 5762 on the Hebrew calendar) shortly before midnight, aged 82, after suffering from an illness.
He is buried on Har HaMenuchot.
Thousands of people came from all over Europe to participate in the funeral in Antwerp.
Thereafter, the main funeral and burial was held in Jerusalem, where Nosson Tzvi Finkel and others gave eulogies.
In 2015, Rabbis Dov Kreiswirth (Chaim Kreiswirth's son) and Zvi Twersky established Yeshivas Toras Chaim in the Romema neighborhood of Jerusalem in Kreiswirth's name.
