Sunday, August 8, 2010

Rebbe Baruch Bendit Lichtenstein (father of Rebbe Yaakov Koppel and Rebbe Hillel Mekolemyye) Death Record Located!

Benedict LICHTENSTEIN of Spit, Nitra region, 48y old, died November 16, 1838.

Reference :
Prague death records 1831-1841, HBMa 2757, Prague Natl. archive

Many thanks to Julius Muller jmuller@toledot.org for locating this document in the Prague archives.





4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice Find!

Anonymous said...

With Hashem's help, may the grave be located so the grandchildren can daven there.

Anonymous said...

Is this so impossible to find someone to go to Prague today that now we have his exect address of his grave?
i shall be very intrested to hear someone who has been there.
Yidel

Shloimie said...

a lot of graves were destroyed during the Communist rule.