R' Shaul Yedidya Shochet (1861-1925) spent part of his tenure in the rabbinate in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Kansas City, Missouri, Louisville, Kentucky and lastly, in 1916, Chicago. Who was this great person who was a rabbi in these far-flung communities in the United States in the early 1900s?
He studied in Volozhin and authored several sefarim including Tiferes Yedidya on the four sections of Shulchan Aruch. He served as rabbi for 14 years in a number of Russian communities before immigrating in 1905 to Hull, England. After serving as a rabbi there for one year, he proceeded to America where he was a rabbi in the communities mentioned above.
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