Bio: “TCHERNOWITZ, CHAIM (pseudonym Rav Za’ir; 1871–1949), talmudic scholar and Hebrew author. Tchernowitz, born in Sebesh (district of Vitebsk), Russia, studied in Lithuania and obtained semikhah from Isaac Elchanan *Spektor of Kovno in 1896. Moving to Odessa the following year, … Continue reading The Exciting Life Of Rav Chaim Tchernowitz aka Rav Za’ir