Mordechai Shlomo Friedman
| Mordechai Shlomo Friedman | |
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| Boyaner Rebbe of New York | |
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| Term | November 1927 – 2 March 1971 |
| Full name | Mordechai Shlomo Friedman |
| Born | 15 October 1891 Boiany (Boyan) |
| Died | 2 March 1971 (aged 79) New York City |
| Buried | Mount of Olives, Jerusalem |
| Predecessor | Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman |
| Successor | Rabbi Nachum Dov Brayer |
| Father | Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman |
| Mother | Malka Twersky |
| Wife | Chava Sara Heschel |
| Children | Yisroel Malka Yitzchok |
Mordechai Shlomo Friedman (15 October 1891, Boiany, Ukraine – 2 March 1971, New York City), sometimes called Solomon Mordecai Friedman, was the Boyaner Rebbe of New York for over 40 years. In 1927 he left Europe to become one of the first Hasidic Rebbes in America, establishing his court on the Lower East Side of New York City and attracting many American Jewish youth with his charismatic and warm personality. He also played a role in American Jewish leadership with positions on Agudath Israel of America, the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, and Holocaust rescue organizations. In 1957 he built the flagship Ruzhiner yeshiva, Tiferet Yisroel, at the top of Malkhei Yisrael Street in Jerusalem.
Mordechai Shlomo Friedman was the youngest son of the founder and first Rebbe of the Boyaner dynasty, Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman (known as the Pachad Yitzchok). He was the grandson of the first Sadigura Rebbe, Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Friedman, and great-grandson of the founder of the Ruzhin Hasidic dynasty, Rabbi Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhyn. His mother was the daughter of Rabbi Yochanan Twersky, the Rachmastrivka Rebbe. He was named after his maternal great-grandfather, Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl, and his father's brother, Rabbi Shlomo of Sadigura. He had three older brothers and a sister.
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