Sholom Dov Ber Hakohen Gutnick

Served as Chief Rabbi of Caulfield Hebrew Congregation, Victoria, Austrlian and later as Rabbi Emeritus and Av Beth Din of Melbourne Beth Din, a senior Chabad Rabbi in Australia

Born in Russia in 1924, he was 3 years old when his family escaped the KGB and immigrated to the Holy Land of Israel where they lived in Chevron. One year later the family were sent by the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn to London, England, where his father Rabbi Mordechai Zev Hakohen Gutnick, a Tomim of Lubavitch – one of the original select students of the Lubavitch Yeshivah-, served as the first Shliach to London until his passing in 1931, at the age of 35.

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Shneur Chaim HaKohen Gutnick A Holocaust surviver | Father of Joseph Gutnick | Born in Zolotonosha, Ukraine

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Oshar Abramson Rabbi | Stepfather of Chaim Gutnick

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Mordechai Zev Hakohen Gutnick In 1927 relocated to London, where he was a graduate of the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva, served as a Chabad rabbi.

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Types	Person, Business Person, Public Intellectual, Public Official
Gender	Male
Birthday	1924
Date of death	May 2018
Region	Australia and Oceania

Sholom Dov Ber Hakohen Gutnick

Served as Chief Rabbi of Caulfield Hebrew Congregation, Victoria, Austrlian and later as Rabbi Emeritus and Av Beth Din of Melbourne Beth Din, a senior Chabad Rabbi in Australia

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