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Shneur Chaim (HaKohen) Gutnick (1921 – 25 October 2003) (Heb. : שניאור-חיים הכהן גוטניק), was a prominent Orthodox Jewish Chabad rabbi in Australia . According to the Lubavitcher Rebbe he was the Chief Rabbi of Australia.
Early life
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Gutnick was born in Zolotonosha , Ukraine ; soon afterwards his family moved to Tel Aviv , and then in 1927 to London , where his father, Mordechai Zev Gutnick , a graduate of the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva , served as a Chabad Rabbi and Dayan. After his father's death, on 29 November 1931, Gutnick came under the influence of Yehezkel Abramsky . He was educated at the Jews' Free School in London,[1] and then at the Telshe yeshiva in Lithuania .[2] When the Second World War broke out, he escaped with a small group of refugees, including the wife and daughter of Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler , which eventually found its way to Australia in 1941. On the instruction of the Rebbe of Lubavitch , Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn he remained in Australia,[3] and joined the Australian Army . He applied for a position as a chaplain, but was turned down at that time.[4]
Australia
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After the war Gutnick's stepfather Osher Abramson accepted a rabbinic position in Sydney , Australia , and moved there together with Gutnick's mother and his brother, Sholom Gutnick. Gutnick married Rose Chester, and they had six children together. Their son Joseph Gutnick is a well-known Jewish philanthropist ; their sons Mordechai Gutnick and Moshe Gutnick are prominent Orthodox Jewish rabbis in Australia. His son-in-law is Rabbi Pinchus Feldman , and a grandson, Moshe Hecht , is a singer/songwriter and is the lead singer of the Jewish folk rock group Moshe Hecht Band .
In 1958 Gutnick was offered the rabbinate of the newly constructed Elwood Talmud Torah Hebrew Congregation , in Elwood, Victoria ;[5] he served in that position until his death in 2003.
In 1967, Gutnick founded the Rabbinical Council of Victoria ,[6] and served as its president until his death. He was also honorary Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand , where he delivered a monthly lecture and examined the students.
Gutnick received the honour of unusually long private audiences with The Lubavitcher Rebbe ,[7] who gave him much advice in all areas of his work.
One such area was the construction of the Melbourne Eruv . Gutnick along with Yitzchok Dovid Groner were instructed to fiercely oppose the construction.[8]
Gutnick also served as a chaplain in the Australian Defence Force .[9]
References
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^ "Man's steps are ordained by God, and since Providence has guided you to Australia, this is your place [...] Prepare the ground for the arrival [of Jewish refugees] so that it will be a place of Torah, where God can be found."[citation needed ]
^ Speech Archived January 21, 2005, at the Wayback Machine by Rabbi Gutnick on 20 April 2003, at Kollel Beth Hatalmud.
^ Elwood Talmud Torah Hebrew Congregation , by Yossi Aron
^ Dan Goldberg (31 October 2003). "Obituary" . Australian Jewish News. Archived from the original on 3 March 2004.
^ Jaffe, Zalmon (7 July 2004). "Yechidus On Arrival" . Chabad.org . Retrieved 4 October 2023 .
^ "Eruv Controvery [sic ] Stirring In Crown Heights; Rabbi Groner Says Rebbe 'Strongly Opposed Eruv', Warns Those Considering It" . Yeshiva World News . 12 May 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2018 .
^ Malcolm J Turnbull. "Safe Haven: Records of the Jewish Experience in Australia" . Archived from the original on 11 June 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007 .
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chaim_Gutnick&oldid=1178600900 "
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