Gavriel Holtzberg
Gavriel Noach Holtzberg (Hebrew: גבריאל נח הולצברג; June 9, 1979 – November 26, 2008 (1st of Kislev, 5769) was an Israeli American Orthodox rabbi and the Chabad emissary to Mumbai, India, where he and his wife Rivka ran the Mumbai Chabad House. He was also a religious leader and community builder for the local Jewish Indian community, and led the Friday-night Shabbat services at the Knesset Eliyahoo synagogue. Holtzberg and his wife were murdered during the 2008 Mumbai attacks perpetrated by the Islamic militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg גבריאל נח הולצברג | |
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Rivka and Gavriel Holtzberg | |
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| Born | 9 June 1979 Kiryat Malakhi, Israel |
| Died | 26 November 2008 (aged 29) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | American and Israeli |
| Spouse | Rivka Rosenberg |
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| Parent(s) | Nachman and Freida Holtzberg |
| Occupation | Rabbi of Mumbai Chabad House |
| Buried | 2 December 2008 Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel |
| Residence | Mumbai, India |
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