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Rabbi Charles Ber Chavel (Chaim Dov) (Hebrew: חיים דוב שעוועל) was a rabbi and scholar who, most notably, published critical editions of medieval Jewish commentators. ==Life== Rabbi Chavel was born in Ciechanow, Poland in 1906, and moved to the United States in 1920.〔Sources on the internet indicate he arrived in the US in 1919, but Rabbi Chavel, his mother and sister appear on the manifest of the SS Rotterdam (under the spelling Cheiwel) arriving in the US on August 20, 1920.〕 He married Florence Krasna (1908-1996) in 1933, and had two children, Cyrella (1936-2000) and Isaac (b. 1939). He received rabbinical ordination in 1929 from the (Hebrew Theological College ), currently in Skokie, Illinois, and Ph.B. degree from the University of Chicago in 1928. He served as rabbi of Congregation Anshei Sfard of Louisville, Kentucky, from 1930 to 1945, and received his M.A. in Ancient History and LL.B. from the University of Louisville in 1932 and 1938, respectively. He then spent a year as director of synagogue activities of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. From 1946-1979 he was the rabbi of Congregartion Shaare Zedek of Edgemere, Long Island. He served as a ''dayyan'' (judge) on the rabbinical court of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), and served as chief editor of the journal ''HaDarom'' published by the RCA, from 1957-1983.〔http://www.rabbis.org/hadarom.cfm Most editorial work on issue #52 was done by him, but the issue itself only appeared after he died. (See the introduction to the volume.)〕 He received the Rabbi Kook Jewish Book Prize in 1953. In 1979 he moved to Jerusalem, Israel and joined the Board of Directors of the publishers, Mossad HaRav Kook. He died in New York in 1982, and is buried in Beit Shemesh, Israel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Ber Chavel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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