Rabbi dr charles chavel biography

Rabbi Charles Ber Chavel (Chaim Dov) (Hebrew: חיים דוב שעוועל) ( - ) was a rabbi and scholar who, most notably, published critical editions of medieval Jewish commentators.

Life

Rabbi Chavel was born in Ciechanow, Poland in , and moved to the United States in ^[1] He married Florence Krasna () in , and had two children, Cyrella () and Isaac (b. ).

He received rabbinical ordination in from the Hebrew Theological College, and Ph.B. degree from the University of Chicago in He served as rabbi of Congregation Anshei Sfard of Louisville, Kentucky, from to , and received his M.A. in Ancient History and LL.B. from the University of Louisville in and , respectively. He then spent a year as director of synagogue activities of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. From to he was the rabbi of Congregation Shaare Zedek of Edgemere, Long Island. He served as a dayyan (judge) on the rabbinical court of the Rabbinical Council of America (RC Dr. charles bayonne!