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Avrohom Dovid Niznik

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Avrohom Dovid Niznik
Personal
Born(1921-02-08)February 8, 1921
Died(2006-11-30)November 30, 2006
ReligionJudaism
Alma materBaranowicz Yeshiva[1]
Jewish leader
PredecessorPinchas Hirschprung
SuccessorBinyomin Weiss
PositionChief Rabbi of Montreal
OrganisationVaad Ha'Ir of Montreal
Began1998[2]
Ended2006
Yahrtzeit10 Kislev 5767
BuriedZeirai Dath Vedaath section, Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal[3]

Avrohom Dovid Niznik (Hebrew: אברהם דוד ניזניק; February 8, 1921 – November 30, 2006) was a Canadian rabbi and rosh yeshiva, who served as Chief Rabbi of Montreal from 1998 until his death. Born in Poland, he arrived in Montreal in 1953 after serving as rosh yeshiva in Versailles and Antwerp.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gottesman, E.; Bookman, M. (1965). Who's Who in Canadian Jewry. Jewish Institute of Higher Research. p. 115.
  2. ^ Arnold, Janice. "Bnei Brak rabbi named to new beit din post". The Canadian Jewish News. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006.
  3. ^ "Niznik, Abraham Dovid". Online Worldwide Burial Registry. JewishGen. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  4. ^ Lapidus, Steven (2011). Orthodoxy in Transition: The Vaad Ha'ir of Montreal in the Twentieth Century (PDF) (Thesis). Montreal: Concordia University. p. 81.
  5. ^ Lazarus, David (December 7, 2006). "Chief rabbi remembered as decisive and conciliatory". The Canadian Jewish News.