What is Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi?
[[File:הרב מרדכי שמואל אשכנזי.jpeg|thumb|Ashkenazi in November 2009.]] '''Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi''' ({{Lang-he|מרדכי שמואל אשכנזי}}&lrm;; 1943 &ndash; 14 January 2015) was an [[Israeli]] [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[rabbi]] and [[writer]]. He was a member of the [[Chabad]] [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] movement. He was the chief rabbi of the Chabad community of [[Kfar Chabad]], Israel from 1983 until his death. He was also an authority on [[Halakha]] (Jewish law) and [[Hasidic Judasim|Hasidic]] philosophy. Ashkenazi was educated in [[Tel Aviv]] and [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]] in the [[United States]]. He had nine sons, some of whom also became rabbis. Ashkenazi died from a [[heart attack]] on 14 January 2015, aged 71.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/2827815/jewish/Rabbi-Mordechai-Shmuel-Ashkenazi-Chief-Rabbi-of-Kfar-Chabad-Israel-70.htm|title=Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, 71, Chief Rabbi of Kfar Chabad, Israel|work=chabad.org|date=14 January 2015|accessdate=15 January 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashkenazi, Mordechai Shmuel}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Israeli chief rabbis]] [[Category:Israeli Jewish religious writers]] {{Bio-stub}}