tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post1678170221590055721..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: The bar mitzvah of the child soldier grandson of Rabbi Shmuel Salant; also how R. Salant's photograph is mistaken for the Mezeritcher Maggid.Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-714590765431260032010-08-30T12:57:46.996-04:002010-08-30T12:57:46.996-04:00That would be a great mistake, but it says Ruvno, ...That would be a great mistake, but it says Ruvno, not Dubno. :-) And, indeed, he was a Maggid in Ruvno (and that's why he is included in the Sefer Zikaron for Rowno).S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-83745650905164408782010-08-30T12:50:16.147-04:002010-08-30T12:50:16.147-04:00Also notice how the caption implies that the Dubno...Also notice how the caption implies that the Dubno and Mezeric were the same person!?Aaronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-78390753116431478482010-08-30T09:26:44.043-04:002010-08-30T09:26:44.043-04:00Canada entered WW1 "automatically" when ...Canada entered WW1 "automatically" when Britain declared war on Germany in 1914 -- this is the pre-Statute of Westminster era when Britain effectively still controlled the foreign policy of its self-governing former colonies.<br /><br />The makeup and structure of the Canadian Army were still under the control of the local government, though, which didn't introduce conscription until 1917.<br /><br />The father could easily have been a veteran of the Boer War right around the turn of the century, with the son born while we has overseas.Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089247980062665630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-79780463319979551452010-08-30T00:59:18.537-04:002010-08-30T00:59:18.537-04:00Although I thought of that too, and wondered if it...Although I thought of that too, and wondered if it wasn't a great-grandson, it's really not at all impossible or necessarily even that uncommon. I don't know offhand enough of R. Shmuel's personal biography (second marriage? childen in middle age?) to know, but it's not so difficult. Also, Reuben's father is depicted as a seasoned soldier. He could have been in his 40s. Apparently initially Britain conscripted up to age 41. Later that age was raised to 55.<br /><br />Of course someone who knows his biography will know if his daughter or grand daughter married a Ginsberg.S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-87309123775379607572010-08-29T22:57:32.916-04:002010-08-29T22:57:32.916-04:00The chronology is shver. Rav Shmuel Salant was bor...The chronology is shver. Rav Shmuel Salant was born in 1816. His grandson was born in 1903, when he was 87? Hmmm. That's not impossible -- after all, Rav Yosef Qaro had a son at age 84. But perhaps more surprising is that Rav Sh. Salant had an army-aged son when he was 100.Gabriel Wassermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111030551509306624noreply@blogger.com