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Cleveland's "Kindest Man" Passes Away
By Dovid Zaklikowski
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Rabbi Zalman Kazen, a longtime leader of Cleveland's Jewish community known for his relentless and unyielding energy to assist local Jews with their physical and spiritual needs, passed away at the age of 92. Juggling a hectic schedule into his 90s, Kazen inspired the community to grow in its scholarship and observance.
Kazen was born in the Russian town of Gzhatsk in 1919 to Rabbi Michoel and Sara Katzenellenbogen, fierce activists in the underground Chabad-Lubavitch network of Jewish schools, synagogues and communal services who risked their lives to provide for and encourage the throngs of Jews persecuted by the Soviets.
Rabbi Kazen, his wife Shula and three children smuggled out of Russi in 1946, ultimately arrived in Pocking, Germany, where at the direction of the Sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory, he studied the laws of ritual slaughtering. They later travelled to Paris, where they helped establish and fundraise for the Beis Rivkah girls' school, and he sold watches to provide for his growing family and to fund the institution.
In 1953, Shula Kazen's lifelong dream of moving to the United States became a reality with the assistance of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, which arranged for the couple and their six children to live in an apartment in Cleveland. Shula Kazen, however, wanted to live in New York amongst other Chabad disciples and in proximity to the Rebbe.
A few days before their departure from New York, the Kazens had a private audience with the Rebbe, where she raised her concerns about their impending move. The Rebbe responded that without the assistance from HIAS, it would be impossible to live comfortably with six children.
"Cleveland is also a nice place," the Rebbe said when Kazen's wife reiterated her wish to live in New York, "with nice people and a good school."
The Rebbe then asked Kazen what he planned to do once he arrived in Cleveland. Kazen responded that he planned to continue his watch business, but the Rebbe suggested that he be a ritual slaughterer, lead prayer services or become a rabbi of a synagogue.
Upon his arrival in Cleveland, Kazen dropped off his bags and began searching for Jews. While walking down the street, two men ran over to him and looking straight into his eyes, warned him about life in the New World.
"Fanatic, in America you need to shave off your beard," they told him. "Forget about what they said in Russian about America. Here we work for money and only later comes Judaism."
But the Kazens would not be swayed. Soon after their move, the Rebbe instructed the family to work with local Jewish families and encourage them to strengthen their Jewish observance. The Kazens knocked on doors and invited their neighbors to join study groups on the Sabbath.
"We found one girl," remembered Shula Kazen. "Then that girl or boy brought another one, and that one another one, and that is how it grew."
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