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A copy of three generations! Rabbi Amram Greenwald, his son the Arigat Habosem, his son Avdak Tzahalim - A copy of three generations! Rabbi Amram Greenwald, his son the Arigat Habosem, his son Avdak Tzahalim Rabbi Amram Greenwald was a prominent disciple of the Ktav Sofer, who esteemed him and chose him as his shamash. In his responsa, the Ktav Sofer refers to him as ”Talmidi Ki'vni”. He was known as an exalted holy person. He learned with the Maharam Asch after his engagement. He stayed in Csorna his entire life, as he refused to enter the rabbinate. He passed away on the 28th of Nissan, 1870. The famous Torah genius Rabbi Moshe Ben-Amram Greenwald (1853-1910, HaChatam Sofer Ve'Talmidav p. 521), one of the leading Hungarian rabbis and heads of yeshiva. Disciple of Rabbi Menachem Katz Prostitz of Tzehlim and disciple of the Ktav Sofer in Pressburg. As a young man, he already headed a yeshiva in his native city of Cherna and later served in the rabbinate of several Hungarian communities. From 1893, he served as Av Bet Din of Chust. Although he studied in the yeshiva of the Chatam Sofer, he was affiliated with Chassidism and would travel to the Belz and Siget rebbes. In Chust, he established his elaborate court and expanded his yeshiva which eventually became one of the largest yeshivas in Hungary. Disciples from all over the country and abroad flocked to his yeshiva and many Hungarian rabbis were his disciples. He was renowned for his compositions on Halacha and Aggada named Arugat HaBosem. RAbbi Levi Yitzchuk Greenwald served as Rav in several cities in Hungary. In 1931 he became Rav of Tzehlem, Austria. In 1938 he went to Vienna. In 1939 he arrived in the US and settled in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He founded the Arugas Habosem kehillah and yeshivah as well as a summer camp and matzah factory. He upgraded the standards of kashrus; pioneered the commercial production of chalav Yisrael products and oversaw the production of Kedem wine; upgraded the processing of Glatt kosher meat; and kosher oil.