Moses Moshe Chaim Mirvish

1872 - 1948  (76 years)

• Name	Moses Moshe Chaim Mirvish
  Birth	1872	Baisgala, Lithuania
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Aug 1948
  Person ID	I2820	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Yoseph Zeev Yusse Velve Mirvish,   b. Abt 1845, Baisogala, Lithuania d. Lithuania
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Tzivia Unknown,   b. Abt 1850   d. Abt 1916, Near Minsk, Russia (Age ~ 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Seine Sheina Margolis,   b. 1871, Plunge, Lithuania d. 10 Jun 1941, Cape Town, South Africa (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Unknown Mirvish,   b. Abt 1890   d. Plunge, Lithuania  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Unknown Mirvish,   b. Abt 1891   d. Plunge, Lithuania  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Unknown Mirvish,   b. Abt 1892, Plunge, Lithuania  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Rachelle Esther Mirvish,   b. 1893   d. 1893 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Sophie Mirvish,   b. 1894, Plunge, Lithuania d. 1956, Cape Town, South Africa (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Jacob Yaakov Mordechai Mirvish,   b. 1893, Plunge, Lithuania d. 13 Oct 1918, Cape Town, South Africa (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Louis Yehuda Leib Mirvish,   b. 1898, Plunge, Lithuania d. 16 Nov 1960, Cape Town, South Africa (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Naomi Nechama Mirvish,   b. 31 Aug 1902, Plunge, Lithuania d. 23 Jan 1983 (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Israel Yisrael Mirvish,   b. 1905, Plunge, Lithuania d. 1978, Cape Town, South Africa (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Abraham Avraham Mirvish,   b. 1907   d. 6 Feb 1984, Cape Town, South Africa (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Ethel Mirvish,   b. 1915, Cape Town, South Africa d. 15 Jul 2001, Cape Town, South Africa (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Rabbi, teacher, author. Graduate of Telz and Slobodka Yeshivas. Taught Hebrew in Plungian, Lithuania. Immigrated to Cape, Colony, South Africa in 1908. One of the first orthodox rabbis in South Africa. First rabbi in Cape Colony to have full S'micha. Published two books of sermons and responsa in Jerusalem in the 1920s and 1930s : "Zichron Yakov", and "Drushe Ha'Ramach" (in English, "Drushe Haramach: Sermons and Essays: A Compilation of Sermons, Essays, and Lectures Dealing with Religious and National Problems") with the forewards written by Rav. Kook. Served as Rabbi of the Beth Hamidrash Hachadash, in Cape Town, 1907-48. Died in Cape Town (2 Elul 5707, 17 August 1948 - from his gravestone, but Hebrew date appears to be wrong). The street "Rabbi Mirvish Avenue" in Cape Town (where his synagogue was located) was named after him.