Yisrael Spira

Rabbi
Yisroel Spira
Personal life
BornNovember 12, 1889
DiedOctober 30, 1989(1989-10-30) (aged 99)
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationHasidic Judaism
OrganisationMoetzes Gedolei HaTorah
DynastyBluzhov

Yisroel Spira (November 12, 1889 – October 30, 1989), the Bluzhover Rebbe, was a senior member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, and a Holocaust survivor. His experiences in the Nazi concentration camps were the basis for the book Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust.

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