Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Harav
Children:	Rabbi Schneur Ashkenazy (Chief Rabbi of Rishon L'tzion) Rabbi Meir Ashkenazy (Chief Rabbi of Kfar Chabad)^[1]

Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi (1943 – January 14, 2015) was an Orthodox rabbi and a member of the Chabad movement of Hasidic. Ashkenazi was the chief rabbi of the Kfar Chabad Chabad community in Israel from 1983 until his death, and was an authority on Halakha (Jewish law).

Halachic stances

Ashkenazy said that long wigs were inappropriate for use as a hair covering under the halachik definition of tzniut.^{[2] [3]}

Family

He was a grandson of Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi, former chief rabbi of Shanghai. His son Schneur became the chief rabbi of Rishon L'tzion, Israel.^[4]

External links

• Speech by Ashkenazi
• Web site: Rabbi Ashkenazi's Lakewood Visit . Collive.com . May 20, 2013. 2013-11-07.
• Web site: Rov of Kfar Chabad Meets With Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva » Matzav.com - The Online Voice of Torah Jewry . Matzav.com . 2013-05-20 . 2013-11-07.
• Web site: Chabad Delegation in Cairo | Chabad Lubavitch . Chabadworld.net . 2013-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019101534/http://chabadworld.net/page.asp?pageID=%7B245E0582-AF9A-4D6D-8441-5BDA9D098648%7D . 2013-10-19 . dead .
• Web site: Chief Rabbi of Kfar Chabad Visits Dnepropetrovsk . Eajc.org . 2010-07-20 . 2013-11-07 . January 15, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150115115529/http://eajc.org/page32/news18243.html . dead .
• Web site: Reshet Chabad, Religious Public Schools, Israel . Reshet.org.il . 2013-11-07 . October 7, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131007001235/http://www.reshet.org.il/en/html/arc.asp?id_cat=153&id_arc=1065 . dead .
• Web site: The Yeshiva World Who Will Get the Chabad Vote in the Chief Rabbinate Election? " " Frum Jewish News . Theyeshivaworld.com . 2013-07-22 . 2013-11-07.

Notes and References

1. http://collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=33753&alias=new-chief-rabbi-for-kfar-chabad New Chief Rabbi
2. Web site: Rabbi Says Long Wigs Are Not Proper Head Coverings | CrownHeights.info – Chabad News, Crown Heights News, Lubavitch News . Crownheights.info . February 3, 2013. 2013-11-07.
3. Web site: Gur . Nachman . Rabbi of Kfar Chabad, "Long Wigs Are Not a Head Covering" . BaltimoreJewishLife.com . 2013-11-07.
4. Web site: New Rov in Rishon: Rabbi Schneur Ashkenazi . CrownHeights.com . 2013-08-30 . 2013-11-07.