Bill Text: IL SR1314 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Rav Shmuel Yehuda Levin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-12-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR1314 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR1314-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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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
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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
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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
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18 | WHEREAS, Rav Levin assumed the role of rosh yeshiva after | ||||||
19 | the passing of his father in 2018; and
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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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1 | Jewish community; and
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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
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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
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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
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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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