Eliezer Zusia Portugal

Male, Deceased Person

1898 – 1982

76

Who was Eliezer Zusia Portugal?

Eliezer Zusia Portugal, the first Skulener Rebbe, was revered by his followers in Russia, Romania, Israel, and the United States for his personal warmth and his care for hundreds of Jewish youth and war orphans, whom he personally adopted as his own children. He established the Skulener dynasty in America in the 1960s. His only biological son, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, succeeded him as Rebbe.

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Born
Oct 17, 1898
Children
Died
Aug 18, 1982

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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