Rabbi Aron J. Messing Values Codes I – H – E – L Aron Messing was born in the Polish town of Argenau, in the province of Posen, in 1840. He came to the United States in 1866 and served Orthodox congregations in New York and
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Read more →Morris Greenberg Values Codes I – E – L Morris Greenberg was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1823. As a young man, Greenberg left Poland and to become an apprentice in a foundry in Paris. There, he married Annette, and in 1851 they immigrated to America
Read more →Martin Heller Values Codes I – H – E – L – P Martin Heller was born in 1821 at Pretzfeld, Bavaria. He came to this country in 1844. He was the youngest of the four Heller brothers who came to America. In Europe, he had
Read more →Marcus Hecht Values Codes I – E – L Marcus Hecht was born in 1844 in Hainstadt, in the Duchy of Baden, Germany. In 1848, at the age of 4, Marcus Hecht left with his parents, Helene and Elias Hecht, and his brothers and sisters for America via
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