Rav Avrohom Kalmanowitz was Av Bais Din of Tiktin and Rosh Yeshiva Mir-U.S. He was a talmid of Slobodka, a Rav of Rakov, and a close friend of Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzinski of Vilna. He was also the founder and head of a kollel, and a leader of Agudas Yisrael of Poland. After World War I, the Mirrer Yeshiva appointed him as its president. His wife’s grandfather was Rav Betzalel HaKohen, a Dayan in Vilna and mechaber of Mareh Kohen. At the beginning of World War II the Rav and his family reached the United States, while his beloved Mirrer Yeshiva escaped from Mir to Vilna, to avoid Soviet persecution. During the War, the Rav was one of the leading personalities of the Va’ad Hatzola.
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