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Gavriel Noach Holtzberg ((ヘブライ語:גבריאל נח הולצברג); 9 June 1979 – 26 November 2008) was an Israeli American Orthodox rabbi and the Chabad emissary to Mumbai, India, where he and his wife Rivka ran the Mumbai Chabad House. He was also a religious leader and community builder for the local Jewish Indian community,〔 and led the Friday-night Shabbat services at the Knesset Eliyahoo synagogue. Holtzberg and his wife were killed during the 2008 Mumbai attacks perpetrated by Islamic militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba. ==Early life and family== Holtzberg was born in Israel to Nachman and Freida Holtzberg. He and his family moved to the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, when he was 9 years old. He had eight siblings. During his years in elementary school, he memorised the entire Second Order (Hebrew: Seder) of the Mishnah, Moed, verbatim and was a two-time champion in a competition of memorizing the Mishnah.〔(Mumbai-Based Rabbi and Wife Killed in Terrorist Attacks ), Chabad, Joshua Runyan and Motti Seligson , 28 November 2008〕 During his high school years, Holtzberg was known for his knowledge of the Talmud. He traveled to Jerusalem for an international Talmudic competition, where he came in second.〔(Jewish Center Is Stormed, and 6 Hostages Die ), New York Times, Ralph Blumenthal, 28 November 2008〕 He studied at yeshivas in New York and Argentina, and as a rabbinical student served communities in Thailand and China under the Summer Rabbinical Visitation Program run by Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of Chabad-Lubavitch.〔 Holtzberg had long desired to become a Chabad emissary. He spent time as a student in the Chabad house in Bangkok, and helped open a Chabad house in south Thailand.〔(Chabad Movement Vows to Continue Work of Couple Killed in Attack ), New York Times, Cara Buckley, 30 November 2008〕 His future rebbetzin, Rivka Holtzberg née Rosenberg ((ヘブライ語:(רבקה הולצברג (רוזנברג), born 1980, died 2008) was born in Israel to Rabbi Shimon and Yehudit Rosenberg, and was raised in Afula. She studied at a Bais Rivka seminary in Kfar Chabad, Israel. Her uncle was Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, Chief Rabbi of Migdal Ha'Emek, Israel. The Holtzbergs married in 2002. Their firstborn son, Menachem Mendel, was born a year later, afflicted with Tay-Sachs disease. He died of this disease at the age of 3.〔 Their second son, DovBer, was born with the same ailment and was institutionalized in a pediatric long-term care facility in Israel under the care of his grandparents. He died at the age of 4 in December 2008, one month after his parents' murder.〔("4-Year-Old Son Of Kedoshim Holtzberg Dies of Illness". ''Vos Is Neias?'' 30 December 2008 )〕 Their third son, Moshe, was born healthy and lived with them in Mumbai. They lived together on the fifth floor of the Chabad House.〔(Mumbai victims' son searches for mother ), Yedioth Ahronoth, Ronen Medzini, 1 December 2008〕 It was revealed by her father during her funeral that Rivka was five months pregnant with her fourth child at the time she was slain. 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「Gavriel Holtzberg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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