Sholom Rivkin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSholom Rivkin
American rabbi
Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1926
Place of Birth: Jerusalem, Israel
Date of Death: 01-Oct-2011
Profession: rabbi
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Sholom Rivkin
- Rabbi Sholom Rivkin (6 June 1926 – 1 October 2011) was an Israeli-born American rabbi.
- He was the last Chief Rabbi of St.
- Louis, Missouri, and the last chief rabbi of one of only a few cities in the United States that has ever had a chief rabbi.
- He held the post of Chief Rabbi from 1983 until 2005 and was Chief Rabbi Emeritus until his death in 2011.
- He was also a chief judge on the Beth Din of the Rabbinical Council of America, and head of the Vaad Hoeir of St.
- Louis, the governing body of the St.
- Louis Orthodox Jewish community.
- He was an expert in Jewish law, especially family and divorce law, and was consulted by rabbis and rabbinical courts around the world.
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