Background
Solomon Joseph Sharfman was born on November 1, 1915, in Treblinka, Poland. His family came to the United States a number of years later.
Solomon Joseph Sharfman was born on November 1, 1915, in Treblinka, Poland. His family came to the United States a number of years later.
Foreign over forty years, from 1938 to 1984, Sharfman was the rabbi of Young Israel of Flatbush, the pulpit from which he led American Jewry. Foreign two years, from 1956 to 1958, he served as president of the Rabbinical Council of America, and from 1969 to 1971, he was president of the Synagogue Council of America. Rabbi Sharfman maintained a relationship with rabbinic luminaries of the era, such as Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.
His writings are included in a number of compilations of rabbinic literature ("Homer LeDerush") of the National Council of Young Israel.
He died in his sleep on December 19, 2004. Notable grandchildren include Rabbi Eliakim Koenigsberg, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat R" Yitzchak Elchanan (RIETS).
A sister of Rabbi Koenigsberg is married to Rabbi Meir Orlian, who is the rabbi and Dayan of a synagogue in Yad Binyamin and teaches in Yeshivat Shaalvim and Kerem BeYavneh. Twenty-five years later, the organization is still in operation.
