1. Rabbi David HaKohen Rappoport was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi in Baranovich, Belarus.
11 Facts About David Rappoport
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David Rappoport is known for leading Yeshiva Ohel Torah in Baranovich alongside Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman.
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Rabbi Rappoport was born in Minsk, Russian Empire, in 1890.
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David Rappoport's father was Rabbi Akiva Rappoport and his mother was Chaya Sara Rappoport.
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David Rappoport wrote his first sefer, Tzemach David, a work in which he provided answers for many of the difficulties of Rabbi Akiva Eiger, around that time.
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David Rappoport was learned in other subjects, knowledgeable in the sciences and able to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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Two years later he joined the Kovno Kollel, then under the leadership of the Alter of Slabodka, who had the sefer Tzemach David Rappoport published at the Kollel's expense.
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When Rabbi Shlomo Heiman left his teaching position at the Baranovich Yeshiva, the rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman, reached out to Rabbi David Rappoport and invited him to give shiurim at the yeshiva.
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Rabbi Wasserman specifically liked how Rabbi David Rappoport learned Gemara, looking to find the simplest meaning in its texts.
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When Rabbi David Rappoport came to Baranovich, he became a deputy-rosh yeshiva.
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Rabbi David Rappoport came with the yeshiva on their travels, never ceasing his teaching.