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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 
3to learn of the death of Rav Shmuel Yehuda Levin, who passed 
4away on July 16, 2022; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Rav Levin attended the rabbinical school Telshe 
6Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio, where he studied under Rav Gifter 
7before learning in Yeshivas Brisk under Rav Yosef Dov and Rav 
8Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Rav Levin was deeply connected to rabbinical 
10tradition as the son of Rav Avrohom Chaim Levin, founder and 
11rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Telshe in Chicago; the son-in-law of 
12Rav Shmuel Faivelson, rosh yeshiva of Bais Medrash L'Torah in 
13Monsey, New York; the grandson of Rav Leizer Levin, rov of 
14Detroit; the grandson of gedolim Rav Ephraim Mordechai 
15Ginsburg, rosh yeshiva of Mir; and the great-grandson of Rav 
16Chatzkel Levenstein, mashgiach of the Mirrer Yeshiva and 
17Ponovezh; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Rav Levin assumed the role of rosh yeshiva after 
19the passing of his father in 2018; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Rav Levin was beloved by the talmidim of Telshe 
21Yeshiva Chicago, and he was a pillar of America's Orthodox 
 
 
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1Jewish community; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Rav Levin was a Torah sage and leader who guided 
3American orthodoxy and steered the public policy of Agudath 
4Israel of Illinois; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Rav Levin is survived by his mother, Rebbetzin 
6Esther Levin; his siblings; his wife, Rebbetzin Yehudis Levin; 
7his children; and his grandchildren; therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
10Rav Shmuel Yehuda Levin and extend our sincere condolences to 
11his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
12further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to the family of Rav Levin as an expression of our 
15deepest sympathy.