Rav
Zvi-Hersh Friedlander, son of Rav Chaim, became
the third Lisker Rebbe upon his father's passing. He wrote 30 seforim,
his most famous being the Shar Hayushor, a commentary on Tehillim, which
he wrote while in prison during The White Terror.
The third Lisker Rebbe was appropriately called Charif Hershele because of his outstanding sharp mind. Besides writing books and fulfilling the position of Rabbi, he also lead a yeshivah disseminating Torah knowledge in his inimitable manner with a good smile and a good spirit. When the Holocaust occurred, his son Rav Shlomo wanted to save him but he refused because he felt that his place and fate was with his townspeople. In his message to his son he said, "I know you will be saved and carry on as a designate (a successor to his father) to me from now on."
After the Holocaust, Rav Shlomo gathered his wife and 2 children and his followers and moved to America and settled in the Bronx. The Lisker Congregation was, until the mid 1970's, a vibrant force in the greater Jewish community of the West Bronx. Then came the time that once more the Synagogue had to look for new horizons. The foremost concern in Rabbi Shlomo's mind was to choose an area where he could accomplish the most for the Jewish people.
