Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft

Rabbi Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft הרב שלמה זאב צווייגענהאפט‎
Title	Rosh HaShochtim of Poland and Chief Rabbi of Hannover and Lower Saxony
Personal
Born	November 2, 1915 Sosnowiec, Poland
Died	August 2, 2005 (aged 89) New York City, United States
Religion	Judaism
Denomination	Orthodox
Occupation	Chief Rabbi, Rosh HaShochtim, Rav Hamachshir
Yahrtzeit	26 Tammuz 5765
Buried	Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, State of Israel
Semikhah	Rabbi Aryeh Tzvi Frumer

Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft (Hebrew: הרב שלמה זאב צווייגענהאפט‎) was a rabbi who was Rosh Hashochtim of Poland (overseeing the country's kosher slaughterers) before the Holocaust. After the Holocaust he was Chief Rabbi of Hanover and Lower Saxony. After emigrating to the United States he was a Rav Hamachshir (kosher certifier) and was described as the "foremost authority on shechita" (kosher slaughter).^[1]