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Gurari Nosson (1927-2005)

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SurnameGurari
NameNosson
Birth year1927
Birth placeDaugavpils
Death year2005
Death month8
Death day10
SexM

Gurari Nosson (1927, Daugavpils – 10 August 2005) — rabbi, religious educator.

Nosson Gurari descended from a prominent Chabad Chassidic family and a direct descendant of the Maharal of Prague (Yehuda Loew ben Bezalel). He studied at the Achei Tmimim yeshiva in Tel Aviv. In 1947, he began studying under Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn and became a close disciple and devoted follower of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

In 1949, he returned to Israel and married his cousin, the daughter of Rabbi Eliezer Karasik, named Tete. At the request of the Rebbe, he moved to Brooklyn in 1953.

Rabbi Gurari was a pioneer in the field of religious education for girls and was deeply involved in religious and communal life throughout his career.