HistoryFigure1868–1939

Yude-Leyb (Judah Leib) Lazarov

יהודה לייב לזרוב

Region: Varniai (Lituanie) ; New York et Paterson (New Jersey), USA

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Born in Varniai (Kovno district), he studied at the yeshivot of Telz, Mir and Volozhin and received semikha from the Hafets Hayim at Radin. Emigrated to the United States in 1900, he was rabbi of Anshe Minsk in New York and then directed Bet Hamidrash Hagadol. Author of about fifteen religious works in Hebrew and collections of sermons in Yiddish.

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