Rabbi Hillel Medalie 4 his and his family Documents , Dublin, 1940-1950’s
1. Certiicate of Registration of a, 1940, Dublin, Photo, many visas
Photo, 24 pages; 20 filled pages
Size:12.5 x 10 cm. (4.9 x 3.9 inches), light use wear.
2. Identitity card, 1947
3. Cead Tiomana Idirnaisiunta (International Driving Permit), 1958, Photo, 32 pp., 16.8 x 10.5 cm. (6.2 x 4.1 inches)
4. Identitity card of Tuchband Lea, family member , 1945
Rabbi Hillel Medalie (1916, Russian Empire, Vitsyebsk, Belarus – 1977, Antwerp, Belgium, buried in Jerusalem, Israel)
Rabbi H. Medalie was born in Vitibsk, Russia, the son of the Chief Rabbi Shmarya Yehuda-Leib Medalia of Moscow who
In 1938, he was accused in court of communicating with Lubavitcher rebbe Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, and with German agents; also with corrupting the youth and executed by the Soviets in 1938.
Chief Rabbi Medalie of Antwerp Dies at 60
Chief Rabbi Hillel Medalie, leader of the Shomre-Hadass Congregation in Antwerp since 1965, died at his home Thursday at the age of 60 after conducting Yom Kippur services. He had been ill for some time.
Rabbi Medalie was born in Vitibsk, Russia, the son of the Chief Rabbi of Moscow who was arrested and executed by the Soviets in 1936. He was ordained a rabbi at the age of 20 and received a Master of Arts degree at Manchester University. Before World War II he served as cultural leader of the Young Israel Organization and Synagogue in Palestine. He served Chief Rabbi of Dublin from 1940-41 and was Chief Rabbi of Leeds from 1947-1964.
Shmarya Yehuda-Leib Medalia (1872, Vegery, Lithuania – April 26, 1938, Moscow) was the chief rabbi of Moscow between 1933 and 1938.
Shmarya Yehuda-Leib Yankelevich Medalia was born to a family of Lubavitcher Hasidim. He was an alumnus of the original Slabodka yeshiva.
Between 1899 and 1903, he served as the rabbi of Tula, Russia; and between 1905 and 1917, in Vitebsk. In 1910 he participated in the All-Russian Rabbinic Congress. In 1912, he took part in the Agudat Israel congress in Katowice, Poland. Between 1927 and 1931, he again served in Tula. In 1933, he received the appointment to serve as the rabbi of the Choral Synagogue in Moscow. In 1938, he was accused in court of communicating with Lubavitcher rebbe Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, and with German agents; also with corrupting the youth. Upon conviction, he was shot and buried in the common tomb in the Kommunarka proving ground.
Rabbi Shmaryahu's son Rabbi Hillel Medaliah was Chief Rabbi of Antwerp.