Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (born 1965) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Rabbi
Eliezer Yehuda Finkel
Rosh Yeshivas Mir
Synagogue:Mir Yeshiva Jerusalem
Synagogueposition:Rav
Yeshiva:Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem)
Yeshivaposition:Rosh yeshiva
Organisation:Mir Yeshiva Jerusalem
Organisationposition:Rosh Yeshiva
Began:2011
Predecessor:Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel
Birth Name:Eliezer Yehuda Finkel
Birth Date:September 16, 1965
Nationality:Israeli
Denomination:Haredi
Residence:Jerusalem, Israel
Parents:Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel
Rachel Leah Finkel

Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (also called Leizer Yudel Finkel) [1] is a Haredi Jewish rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem,[2] [3] which is considered to be the largest yeshiva in Israel with a student body of 6,000 students.[4] He acceded to the position of rosh yeshiva after his father, Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, died suddenly on 8 November 2011.[5]

Biography

Finkel was named after his maternal great-grandfather, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, who became rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir yeshiva in Poland in 1917 and re-established the yeshiva in Jerusalem during World War II while the main body of the yeshiva was in exile in the Far East. His great-great-grandfather was the Mussar movement leader Nosson Tzvi Finkel.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jerusalem  - Tens Of Thousands Attend Levaya of R' Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Zatzal (photos) . Vos Iz Neias?. 8 November 2011 . 8 November 2011.
  2. Web site: Special Tribute Edition: One Father, Myriads of Orphans . Heimowitz . Rabbi Yehuda . 9 November 2011 . 10 November 2011 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20111112113633/http://www.mishpacha.com/Browse/Article/1567/Special-Tribute-Edition-One-Father-Myriads-of-Orphans . 12 November 2011 . dead .
  3. Web site: Photos: 100,000 Attend Levaya of Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel zt"l . 8 November 2011 . 8 November 2011. matzav.com.
  4. Web site: Jerusalem  - Torah Chigri Sak! Hagaon Harav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Zt"l . 8 November 2011 . 9 November 2011 . Vos Iz Neias?.
  5. Web site: Mir Yeshiva Rabbi Finkel Passes Away . Ben Gedalyahu . Tzvi . Arutz Sheva. 8 November 2011 . 8 November 2011.