Rabbi Yaakov Israel Zuber served as a Rabbi and Mohel in Stockholm during the 1930’s and 40’s, and was a Rabbi in Adat Israel Shul.
Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel Zuber was a Chabad Rabbi in Stockholm, Sweden during WWII. He was very instrumental in assisting Jewish war refugees who came to DP camps in Sweden after the war. During that time, Rabbi Zuber wrote a number of teshuvot which assisted agunot whose husbands’ whereabouts were unknown due to the war get remarried.
Following the war, Rabbi Zuber moved to Boston, Mass., where he became the Rabbi of a congregation. He lived there until his death in 1953.
Rabbi Zuber had four children: Sholom, Mendel, Leah and Chana. Sholom and Mendel both passed during the past decade. Lbc”lm, Leah Edelman (nee Zuber) lives with in Springfield, Mass., where her husband is a Chabad shliach. Chana Sharfstein (nee Zuber) lives in Crown Heights where her husband Mottel is affiliated with a number of Chabad yeshivot.
Agunah (Hebrew: עגונה, plural: agunot (עגונות); literally ‘anchored or chained’) is a halachic term for a Jewish woman who is “chained” to her marriage.
Mrs. Sharfstein is available as a speaker for Chabad centers and shuls to present the full film. For information contact chanasharf@gmail.com.
My mother is a holocaust survivor that was an exchange prisioner to Sweden. She was given a Moshe pendant by an unknown Rabbi in Sweden. Have not been able to track down who this rabbi was. Contact me if there is a way at apearltencer@rogers.com
Thank you for your enthusiastic responses. I would LOVE to show the entire video.Please contact me for a group presentation- including introduction and follow up of Q and A.
what a beautiful video
thank you so much for sharing
wish i could see more
what a beautiful family kain ayin hora
mrs sharfstein does your realize how much he looks like his zaide em tzu lange gezunte yaren
is there any way to see the whole video
How inspiring! Anyone who wishes to hear Mrs. Chana Sharfstien this Shabbos, She is speeking at Cong. Anash -770 MONTGOMERY STR. between 5:30-7:00 PM for women and girls.
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Continued hatzlacha and chesed!
thank you for sharing that is such a gift…whish I could see the whole thing!
Outstanding! The apple does not fall far from the tree,,,,,,,would love to hear the sequel.
But I want to have the zechus to see the entire video please …
how can we wach the whole film? it stops in the middle…
Very well done. You are lucky to have all those pictures. What a gift this video is for his many offspring KA”H. What Mesiros nefesh!! Thank you for sharing.