Dovid Tzvi Zehmin
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Template:Infobox religious biography Rabbi Dovid Tzvi (Tevli) Zehmin (Hebrew: דוד צבי זהמין; 1864–1942) was a Chortkov Ḥasid, rabbinic scholar, and communal leader who served as Av Beis Din (chief rabbinical judge) of the Galician shtetl of Dukla, then part of Austria-Hungary and now in Poland. He is best known for his work Sefer Minḥat Solet, a commentary on the Minchat Chinuch by Joseph Babad.[1]
Biography
Zehmin was born in 1864 and served as Av Beis Din of Dukla for fifty years.[2]
He was an influential teacher and mentor to several prominent 20th-century Hasidic leaders:
- Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, the Sanz-Klausenburg Rebbe, who also received semicha (rabbinic ordination) from Zehmin;[3]
- Rabbi Yaakov Leiser, the Pshevorsk Rebbe;[4]
- and his maternal grandson, Pinchas Hirschprung, later Chief Rabbi of Montreal, Canada.
He was murdered by the Nazis on the sixth day of Elul in 1942.[5]
Selected Works
- Sefer Minḥat Solet — a commentary on the Minchat Chinuch, Belz (Belgoraj), 1934.[6]
- Kav Zahav, vol. 1 — responsa, published in 5659 (1898–1899).[7][8]
References
- ↑ "Sefer Minḥat Solet". SeforimPlace. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
- ↑ Lavon, Yaakov (2002). Shema Yisrael: Testimonies of Devotion, Courage, and Self-sacrifice, 1939–1945. p. 308. ISBN 1568712715.
- ↑ Birnbaum, Avrohom (2024). The Klausenberger Rebbe: Building Torah and Emunah in the Aftermath of the Holocaust. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-1422640302.
- ↑ Wolpo, Shalom Dov (1995). Shemen Sasson MeChavreicha. pp. 173–178.
- ↑ Hirschprung, Pinchas (2016) [1944]. The Vale of Tears: A Memoir. Translated by Vivian Felsen. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-988065-21-2.
- ↑ "Sefer Minḥat Solet". SeforimPlace. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
- ↑ "Kav Zahav Vol. 1". Publish Your Sefer. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
- ↑ "Kav Zahav Vol. 1 (on HebrewBooks.org)". HebrewBooks.org. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
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