Full Text of SR1314 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Rav Shmuel Yehuda Levin, who passed | 4 | | away on July 16, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rav Levin attended the rabbinical school Telshe | 6 | | Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio, where he studied under Rav Gifter | 7 | | before learning in Yeshivas Brisk under Rav Yosef Dov and Rav | 8 | | Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Rav Levin was deeply connected to rabbinical | 10 | | tradition as the son of Rav Avrohom Chaim Levin, founder and | 11 | | rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Telshe in Chicago; the son-in-law of | 12 | | Rav Shmuel Faivelson, rosh yeshiva of Bais Medrash L'Torah in | 13 | | Monsey, New York; the grandson of Rav Leizer Levin, rov of | 14 | | Detroit; the grandson of gedolim Rav Ephraim Mordechai | 15 | | Ginsburg, rosh yeshiva of Mir; and the great-grandson of Rav | 16 | | Chatzkel Levenstein, mashgiach of the Mirrer Yeshiva and | 17 | | Ponovezh; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Rav Levin assumed the role of rosh yeshiva after | 19 | | the passing of his father in 2018; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Rav Levin was beloved by the talmidim of Telshe | 21 | | Yeshiva Chicago, and he was a pillar of America's Orthodox |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Rav Levin was a Torah sage and leader who guided | 3 | | American orthodoxy and steered the public policy of Agudath | 4 | | Israel of Illinois; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rav Levin is survived by his mother, Rebbetzin | 6 | | Esther Levin; his siblings; his wife, Rebbetzin Yehudis Levin; | 7 | | his children; and his grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Rav Shmuel Yehuda Levin and extend our sincere condolences to | 11 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Rav Levin as an expression of our | 15 | | deepest sympathy.
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