Hillel Zaks Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Rabbi
Hillel Zaks
Yeshiva:	Yeshivas Knesses Hagedolah
Yeshivaposition:	Rosh yeshiva
Successor:	Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Zaks
Birth Date:	Tu BiShvat, 5691,^[1] February 2, 1931
Birth Place:	Radun, Poland
Death Place:	Bnei Brak, Israel
Parents:	Mendel Zaks Faiga Chaya Kagan

Hillel Zaks (Hebrew: הלל זקס; February 2, 1931 – January 13, 2015)^[2] was the founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Knesses Hagedolah in Kiryat Sefer.^{[3] [4]}

He was the son of Mendel and Faiga Chaya Zaks, the youngest daughter of Israel Meir Kagan.^[3]

He served as one of Hebron Yeshiva's senior roshei yeshiva until he founded Yeshivas Knesses Hagedolah in Kiryat Sefer.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rav Hillel Zaks zt"l . Matzav.com . 2022-10-08 . 2022-10-08.
2. Web site: הגאון רבי הלל זקס זצ"ל ראש ישיבת 'כנסת הגדולה'. he. HaGaon Rabbi Hillel Zaks, zt"l, Rosh Yeshivas Knesses HaGedolah. Kikar HaShabbat. 13 January 2015. 13 January 2015. Yisrael. Cohen.
3. Kobre. Eytan. Jun 2, 2014. Living the Legend. Mishpacha. 512. 44–57. Jun 10, 2014. July 14, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714145258/http://www.mishpacha.com/Browse/Article/4274/Living-the-Legend. dead.
4. Web site: http://www.mabtim.com/yesh.asp?y_id=91. he:כנסת הגדולה. 2009. mabtim.com. he. Knesses Hagedolah. Jun 10, 2014.