R. Yirmiel son of R. Avraham Yehuda Leib Binyaminson
Grobiņa
Born in Bishenkovitz in 5645 (1885). In his youth he studied at the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva in Lubavitch.
Son-in-law of R. Chaim Meir Green, filling his place in the rabbinate of Grobiņa after his passing.
He served here as rabbi until the expulsion of the Jews from Courland during the First World War.
During the war years he stayed as a refugee in the city of Vitebsk and founded a yeshiva there. Afterward he was rabbi in Shchedrin, and from 5687 rabbi in Zhlobin.1) 5694 — he left the Soviet Union for Riga. 5696 — he moved to London, England, and served there in the rabbinate (together with the dayan R. Eliezer Pozen and under the presidency of R. Shlomo Schonfeld). He was involved in overseeing the ritual slaughter on behalf of the community, and also served as rabbi of the synagogue at 112 Cazenove Road. 5710 — he emigrated to the United States. Shortly after, he moved to Montreal, Canada, where he served as rabbi and rosh yeshiva at the Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch yeshiva in the city.
He passed away in Montreal on Rosh Chodesh Shevat 5715 (24 January 1955), and his resting place is in the Montefiore Cemetery in New York, adjacent to the tomb of the Lubavitcher Rebbes.
Di Geshikhte, p. 94. Lubavitch veChayaleha, p. 185. Lema'an Yede'u, pp. 17, 107. Reshimei Biurim, chapter 2, in the memories at the end of the book. Oral testimonies.
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