A scion of famous rabbinic families, on both his father's and his mother's side (his family can be traced back to Maharam Padua and Saul Wahl), Avraham Yehoshua Heshel showed great promise even at an early age.
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According to one hasidic legend, angels subsequently carried his body and buried him in the Holy Land, and in the Jewish Cemetery in Tiberias there is a stone marking his supposed grave.
Avraham Yaski | A. B. Yehoshua | Avraham Herzfeld | Yehoshua Zettler | Yehoshua Stampfer | Yehoshua Sagiv | Avraham Yehoshua Heshel | Avraham Yaakov Finkel | Avraham Stern | Avraham Shlonsky | Avraham Poraz | Avraham Oz | Avraham Kalmanowitz | Avraham Granot | Avraham Ben-Shoshan | Avraham Bar-Am |
In Medzhybizh, Ukraine, burial place of the Baal Shem Tov, Gabbai was instrumental in refurbishing the Baal Shem Tov's grave and ohel, which also covers the graves of the Degel Machaneh Ephraim, the Apter Rav, and Rabbi Boruch of Medzhybizh.