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
Rivka and Gavriel Holtzberg
Personal
Born9 June 1979
Died26 November 2008(2008-11-26) (aged 29)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
ReligionJudaism
NationalityAmerican and Israeli
SpouseRivka Rosenberg
Children
  • Menachem Mendel (2003–2006)
  • Dov Ber (2004–2008)
  • Moshe Tzvi (b. November 2006)
Parent(s)Nachman and Freida Holtzberg
OccupationRabbi of Mumbai Chabad House
Buried2 December 2008
Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel
ResidenceMumbai, India
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