Levi Yitzchak Horowitz
{{Short description|American rabbi (1921–2009)}}
{{Infobox rebbe
| title = Second Bostoner Rebbe
| image = Bostonerrebbe.jpg
| caption = at the Western Wall, Jerusalem
| began = 1944
| ended = 2009
| birth_name = Levi Yitzchok Horowitz
| main_work =
| predecessor = Pinchos Dovid Horowitz
| successor = Pinchos Dovid Horowitz (II) (1943-2021),
Mayer Alter Horowitz
Naftali Yehuda Horowitz
| spouse = Raichel Ungar, Yehudis
| children = Pinchos Dovid Horowitz
Mayer Alter Horowitz
Naftali Yehuda Horowitz
Shayna Gittel
Toba Leah
| dynasty = Boston
| father = Pinchos Dovid Horowitz
| mother = Sora Sosha
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|7|3}}
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, US
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|12|5|1921|7|3}}
| death_place = Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem
| burial_date = 5 December 2009
| place of burial = Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
|}}
Levi Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz (born 3 July 1921, Boston,{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VmtmAAAAMAAJ&q=naftali+judah |title=The Unbroken Chain: Biographical sketches and the genealogy of illustrious Jewish families from the 15th-20th century, Volume 2 |page=993 |last=Rosenstein |first=Neil |year=1990 |publisher=CIS Publishers |isbn=0-9610578-4-X}} died 5 December 2009, Jerusalem{{cite news |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134802|title=Bostoner Rebbe Passes Away at 88 |first=Gil |last=Ronen |work=Arutz Sheva |date= 5 December 2009 |location=Israel |accessdate=5 December 2009 |quote=The Bostoner Rebbe, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, died at Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem on Sabbath}}) was a rabbi and the second rebbe of the Boston Hasidic Dynasty founded by his father, Pinchos Dovid Horowitz. He was the first American-born Hasidic rebbe{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/the-bostoner-rebbe-the-first-american-born-hasidic-leader-1.2308 |title=The Bostoner Rebbe, the first American-born Hasidic leader |date=12 November 2009 |accessdate=10 February 2011 |work=Haaretz |last=Ahren |first=Raphael}} and the founder of ROFEH International, a community-based medical referral and hospitality liaison support agency.{{Citation|url=http://www.rofehint.org/|title=Rofeh International}}
Family
Horowitz's parents were Pinchos Dovid Horowitz, founder of the Boston Hasidic dynasty, and Sora Sosha Horowitz. His father died in November 1941. In November 1942 he married Raichel Unger Leifer of Cleveland, Ohio,[http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5762/MM62aboston.htm The Bostoner Rebbetzin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028021611/http://www.chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5762/MM62aboston.htm |date=2006-10-28 }}[http://www.esek.com/jerusalem/5762/lev/ Raichel Horowitz] a descendant of Naftali Tzvi of Ropshitz.
Rabbinic career
In 1943, Horowitz was one of over 400 rabbis led by Rabbi Eliezer Silver and Rabbi Baruch Korff who traveled to Washington, D.C., just before Yom Kippur, to ask President Franklin D. Roosevelt to rescue Jews from Hitler.International Jerusalem Post, January 19–25, 2007, Page 19
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Upon becoming leader of the Bostoners in 1944, after his marriage and ordination at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, he announced that his primary thrust as rebbe would be aimed at the area's large number of college students, many of whom were away from home
In 1984, Horowitz established Givat Pincus, a Hasidic community in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem and began dividing his time between Israel and Boston. In 1999, an additional community was established in Beitar for the next generation of Bostoner Chassidim.
Horowitz served as a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of Israel.
At the time of his death, he resided both in the U.S. and in Israel spending half a year in each country. Day-to-day leadership in his community had already passed on to his children.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}
Death and succession
Horowitz suffered a cardiac arrest on July 6, 2009, and was hospitalized in the Sharei Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem.
[http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/36605/Thousands+Daven+for+the+Bostoner+Rebbe’s+Refuah+.html Thousands Daven for the Bostoner's Rebbe Refuah. Yeshivaworld.] He died on December 5, 2009, and was buried that night on the Mount of Olives.[http://jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1259831467253&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Bostoner Rebbe Levi Yitzhak Horowitz dies at 88. Jerusalem Post, December 6, 2009.]
Per his will, he was succeeded by all his sons:
- his eldest son, the Chuster rabbi, Pinchos Duvid Horowitz(II) (died 2021){{cite news |last1=Karman |first1=Binyomin Zev |title=BDE: Harav Pinchos Dovid Horowitz, Bostoner-Chuster Rebbe of Boro Park |url=https://hamodia.com/2021/01/14/bde-harav-pinchos-dovid-horowitz-bostoner-chuster-rebbe-boro-park/ |access-date=15 January 2021 |publisher=Hamodia |date=January 14, 2021}}{{cite news |title=Bostoner Rebbe of Boro Park, Rav Pinchos Dovid Horowitz zt"l |url=https://matzav.com/bostoner-rebbe-of-boro-park-rav-pinchos-dovid-horowitz-ztl/ |access-date=15 January 2021 |publisher=Matzav.com |date=January 14, 2021}} as Bostoner rebbe of Borough Park, Brooklyn
- his second son, Mayer Alter, as Bostoner rebbe of Jerusalem
- his third son, Naftali Yehuda, as Bostoner rebbe of Boston.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/43349/ |title=Bostoner Rebbe Visits 17th-Century Ancestor |date=14 April 2010 |accessdate=9 February 2011 |work=The Jewish Press |last=Tannenbaum |first=Rabbi Gershon |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511060312/http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/43349 |archivedate=May 11, 2010 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.rofehint.org/ ROFEH International]
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Category:American Hasidic rabbis
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Category:Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah
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