The Hossiatiner Rebbe–Admor Jacob Friedman–died here today. He was 75 years old. Long noted as a scholar, thinker and “lover of Zion,” the Hossiatiner Rebbe was the oldest Admor of this generation and the last of the Rozien Admoric dynasty.
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