Shlomo Wahrman
Rabbi Shlomo Wahrman ("Hebrew": הרב שלמה הלוי וואהרמאן) was the Rosh HaYeshiva of the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County and a Torah scholar. He authored thirteen books and hundreds of articles on matters related to Jewish law, Talmudic analysis, and Jewish history. Leipzig (1927–1939). Rabbi Shlomo Wahrman was born and grew up in Leipzig, Germany. In 1939, at the age of twelve, he and his Polish-born parents and his siblings received American visas. In "Lest We Forget": "Growing up in Nazi Leipzig 1933-1939", published in 1991 by ArtScroll Mesorah Publications, Rabbi Wahrman shared an account of  life in Leipzig in the 1930s, portraying the impact of Nazi policies on a Jewish community that peaked at 18,000 in 1935 before declining to around 6,000 in 1939, when he left the city for New York. Rabbi Wahrman concluded his book with the following words: All these events have delivered a powerful message to me. Any Jewish city anywhere could potentially suffer Leipzig’s fate, chas v’shalom. There is no safety and security for us in galus, even in a democracy. The German Weimar Republic was a democracy, yet it could not prevent the emergence of a Hitler. When  the anti-Semites so decreed, Leipzig, a city of 18,000 Jews, became Judenrein. Cincinnati (1940–1955). Soon after arriving in New York, Rabbi Wahrman's family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he grew close to the legendary Rabbi Eliezer Silver "zt"l, "whom he considered his rebbi muvhak"." Due to Rabbi Silver's insistence and encouragement, Rabbi Wahrman honed his writing skills and recorded his copious chidushei Torah. In the short biography of Rabbi Silver that he published, he wrote: I remember at times he screamed at me for lack of understanding--however, even then I sensed his great love and concern  for me and not the slightest hint of hatred. Rabbi Silver was a man whose very essence was giving to others--his ahavas yisroel (love for his fellow Jew) knew no bounds...he saw every Jew as an extension of himself.Rabbi Wahrman studied at several different yeshivas in the United States, including the Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey, which at the time was led by its founder, Rabbi Aharon Kotler. After marrying Sarah Malka Herskovitz, an orphaned refugee who arrived in the United States after surviving the Holocaust, Rabbi Wahrman also matriculated at Wayne State University in  Detroit, Michigan, where he received a master's degree in education. New York (1955–2013). He later moved east and became a well recognized "mechanech," educator, advisor, "talmid chochom" and "mechaber seforim". He served as "rosh yeshiva" of Hebrew Academy of Nassau County (HANC) and authored over a dozen books. The SHOA Foundation interviewed Rabbi and Mrs. Wahrman in 1997 about their experiences in Germany before, and during, WWII. Books. In addition to numerous articles printed under a pseudonym in various Torah journals, Rabbi Wahrman authored a series of in-depth analyses of Torah topics called "She'eris Yosef". Each of his  works received acclaim from leading Torah Scholars around the world, and their letters of approbation are printed at the beginning of each of his books. Torah journals. For decades, Rabbi Wahrman was a regular contributor to Torah journals such as Ohr HaMizrach, HaMaor, HaPardes, and HaDarom. Personal library. Bookshelves were located on the first floor of Wahrman's house. No shelves were double booked, indicating that the books were always in constant use. He had a habit of writing his name on every book, all 1500 of them. The library lacked political or regional boundaries, such that one could find  a Likutei Sichos of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, A Yabia Omer of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and the Teshuvot of Rabbi Moshe Shternbuch of the Edah Charedit all on the same shelf. The bedrooms did not have books either, as each bedroom had floor to ceiling bookshelves. There was also a portrait of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, facing a row of books containing Vayoel Moshe of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum.