YITSKHOK-YOYSEF
ZILBERBERG (ca. 1906-1942)
He was born in Warsaw, into a
Hassidic family. He studied in religious
primary school, yeshivas, and received rabbinical ordination. From his youth he was a leader in Agudat
Yisrael in Poland. He was later rabbi in
Nashelsk (Nasielsk), Warsaw district. He author several religious works with (some)
Yiddish text, among them: Atse zayit
(Olive trees), 2 parts (Piotrków,
1923-1929), 124 pp.; Alehu raanan,
sheelot uteshuvot (Its foliage luxuriant, questions and answers), sermons
in Hebrew and Yiddish (Warsaw, 1936), 65 pp.; Vayaan yosef (And Joseph answered), on Jewish affairs and community
matters (Warsaw, 1936), 80 pp. He was
tortured by the Nazis in Nashelsk during the liquidation of the ghetto.
Sources:
Bet eked sefarim; information from
Rabbi Avrom Zemba in New York.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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