Amram Zaks
Rabbi Amram Yitzchak Zaks | |
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Biography
Rabbi Zaks was born on October 30, 1926, in Jerusalem to Rabbi Chaim Eliyahu Zalman and Esther Leah Zaks. His mother was the daughter of Rabbi Mordechai Friedman and the sister of Rabbi Mendel Friedman, son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld.[3]
Rabbi Zaks was a student of Rabbi
More than 20 years before Rabbi Amram died, he suffered a stroke from which he never fully recovered.[4]
Rabbi Zaks died on December 30, 2012. Tens of thousands attended his funeral, where he was eulogized by Rabbis Landau and Hirsch of the Slabodka yeshiva as well as by the Rebbe of Sanz, by Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky, by Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein (a student of Rabbi Amram), and by Rabbi Amram's son, Rabbi Simchah Shmuel Zaks.[4]
References
- ^ "Year in Review 5773". Hamodia. Sep 16, 2013. p. 31.
- ^ Hamodia. Dec 5, 2012. p. 1; "Kenos Hespedim for HaGaon HaRav Amram Yitzchok Zaks ZT"L". Yeshiva World News. Dec 23, 2012. Retrieved Sep 24, 2013.
- ^ a b c Hamodia. Dec 5, 2012. p. D40.
- ^ a b Hamodia. Dec 5, 2012. p. D41.
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