Shraga Feivel Zimmerman

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Rabbi
Shraga Feivel Zimmerman
Av Beis Din of Federation of Synagogues
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2020

Shraga Feivel Halevy Zimmerman is a British Haredi rabbi who serves as the rov and av beis din of the Federation of Synagogues in London. He served as the rabbi and av beis din of the Jewish community in Gateshead between 2008 and 2020. [1]

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Early life

Zimmerman was born in New Jersey [1] and grew up in Borough Park, Brooklyn. He studied at Beer Shmuel in Borough Park, a yeshiva that was founded by his grandfather, Rabbi Yosef Yonah Tzvi Horowitz, [2] who was rabbi of Unsdorf and Frankfurt. [3] He later studied in the Mirrer yeshiva in Flatbush and Rabbi Dovid Soloveitchik's Brisk yeshiva in Jerusalem. [4] He is a close disciple of Rabbis Shmuel Berenbaum and Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik.

Rabbinic career

Zimmerman served as a dayan for the Kehal Adass Yeshurun kehilloh in Washington Heights, [5] and later as Rov of Khal Bnei Ashkenaz of Monsey, the Haredi German Ashkenazic community in Monsey, New York. [6]

In 2008, Zimmerman was appointed as rabbi and av beis din of the Jewish community in Gateshead, succeeding Bezalel Rakow, who died in 2003. [7] [8]

His induction was attended by several Haredi rabbis in England, including Rabbi Ephraim Padwa of UOHC and Menachem Mendel Schneebalg of Manchester's Machzikei Hadath community. [9]

One of the changes he made was to allow the opening of the community's "first kosher restaurant" with the proviso that "to avoid unsupervised interaction between the sexes" there would be separate hours for men and women. [1]

On 30th June 2019, Zimmerman accepted the position of rov and av beis din of the Federation of Synagogues in London, [10] and took office in January 2020. [11] He succeeded Dayan Lichtenstein as head of the organisation's Shechita. [12]

Shailatext project

When Zimmerman arrived 2020 to his new post in London, he helped with the Shailatext project, a people-powered technology based process for answering Halachic questions, especially for "those who have not yet found a rabbi." [3] An interviewer noted in mid-2019 that "Zimmerman estimates that he has answered 200,000 sh’eilos from all over the United Kingdom while in Gateshead — in person, over the phone, and by email and text." [13] [14] [15]

Personal

He is married to Rebbetzin Chaya Reena Zimmerman. [7]

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  1. 1 2 3 Liphshiz, Cnaan (3 October 2017). "Why Orthodox Jews are flocking to this gritty English town". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Yitzchok Frankfurter (14 February 2018). "Drawing the Line". Ami Magazine . No. 355. pp. 80–82.
  3. 1 2 Yonoson Rosenblum (10 July 2019). "Next Stop, London". Mishpacha .
  4. ↑ "Rabbi S F Zimmerman". Kehillas Federation. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "Rav Shraga Feivel Zimmerman Appointed Av Bais Din of London Federation Bais Din, Set to Depart Gateshead". Matzav.com. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Gateshead Rav Named Head of Federation of Synagogues". The Jewish Press . 4 July 2019.
  7. 1 2 Meiri, Shoshana R. (4 May 2011). "Gateshead's Twenty-First Century Shtetl". Mishpacha Magazine . Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  8. ↑ Speker, Faga (15 October 2024). "Gateshead gets its man after five-year search". The Jewish Chronicle . Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Hachtara of Rabbi Zimmerman in Gateshead, England". The Yeshiva World . Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Federation UK on Twitter: "Delighted to announce the appointment of Rav Shraga Feivel Zimmerman as Rov & Av Beis Din #FederationRov. At a l'chaim for our Dayonim, Rabbonim & Trustees, he said: "B"sd I look forward to building upon the achievements of my predecessors ... to continue serving klal Yisroel."". Twitter. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Group Splinters Off From London Board for Shechita". The Jewish Press . 8 January 2020.
  12. ↑ Doreen Wachmann (19 June 2019). "Gateshead Rav in Talks to Head Federation of Synagogues". The Jewish Press .
  13. ↑ 50/day
  14. ↑ "Ask the Federation - new ShailaText service". Facebook .
  15. ↑ "Federation Beis Din's Shailatext service". Yalla Magazine. 25 February 2020.

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