Rav Berenbaum, Shmuel

Birth Name Rav Berenbaum, Shmuel
Birth Name רב בירנבוים, שמואל
Also Known As Berenbaum, Refoel Shmuel

    After Rabbi Shmuel Berernbaum's first heart attack, the name Refoel was added to his name.

Call Name שמואל
Call Name Refoel Shmuel
Gender male
Age at Death unknown

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth March, 1920 Knyszyn (Knischin), powiat Monieck, województwo Podlaskie, Polski Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum was born in Poland

 
Education   Мір (Mir), Карэліцкі раён, Гродзенская вобласць, Беларусь Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum studied at the Mir Yeshiva ישיבת מיר‎

 
Education     Rav Shmuel Berenbaum studied at Ohel Torah Yeshiva, led by Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman

 
Marriage   Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States of America Rav Shmuel Berenbaum married the eldest daughter of Rav Avrohom Kalmanovitz

 
Occupation 1952 Mirrer Yeshiva Central Institute (ישיבת מיר‎), Brooklyn, New York, United States of America Rav Shmuel Berenbaum served as Rosh Yeshiva

Event Note

Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum became the rosh yeshiva of the Mirrer Yeshiva, with his brother-in-law, Rabbi Shraga Moshe Kalmanovitz, after the passing of his father-in-law, Rabbi Avrohom Kalmanovitz, .
He led the yeshiva for the next 56 years.

 
Death January 6, 2008 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States of America Rav Shmuel Berenbaum died at age 87 years

Event Note

Rav Shmuel Berenbaum died at his home, from complications due to stomach cancer.

Event Note

Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum's funeral was attended by tens of thousands of mourners.
His body was flown to Israel for burial.

 
Emigration     At the beginning of World War II, Shmuel Berenbaum and the rest of the Mir Yeshiva fled to Vilnius

Event Note

After receiving destination visas to Curacao, a Dutch protectorate in the Caribbean Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum and the Mir Yeshiva were given travel visas by the Japanese Consul in Kovno, Chiune Sugihara.
They traveled across the Trans-Siberian Railway to Vladivostok in a trip that took over two months.
From there they traveled to Kobe, where they remained for 7 months before being settled by the Japanese Government in Shanghai.
Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum traveled with the Yeshiva to the United States where they settled in Brooklyn, New York,

 

Families

Unknown Partner
  Children
  1. Rav Berenbaum, Asher (Osher) Dov bar Shmuel

Gallery

Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum

Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum

Pedigree

    1. Rav Berenbaum, Shmuel
        1. Rav Berenbaum, Asher (Osher) Dov bar Shmuel