Moshe Aharon Poleyeff Explained
Moshe Aharon Poleyeff |
Birth Place: | Timkovitz, Belarus |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | New York City |
Occupation: | Rosh Yeshiva |
Spouse: | Rochel |
Children: | Rabbi Israel Poleyeff Chaim Paley (Hymie) Abraham Paleyeff Sarah Goldstein Rosalind Rosenbaum[2] |
Moshe Aharon Poleyeff (1888 – 1966) was an American rabbi, teaching at Yeshiva University (YU) in New York where he was a Rosh Yeshiva for over 45 years,[3] training generations of rabbis, including Mordechai Gifter.
Biography
Poleyeff was born in 1888, in Timkovitz, near Slutsk, south of Minsk, Belarus[4] [5] (White Russia).[3]
He was a student of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, by whom he was ordained in 1910;[4] married 1912.[3]
Poleyeff arrived in the United States in 1920, and immediately began a teaching career at Yeshiva University in New York, where for about 46 years he was a YU/RIETS Roshei Yeshiva[6] and had thousands of students.[4] His "Thursday Shiur" teaching methodology incorporated a student-presented topic, followed by discussion; he helped the student prepare the prior week or two.[3]
Poleyeff died 2 Kislev 5727 (November 1966).
Works
References
- From Washington Avenue to Washington Street, by Aaron Rakefet-Rothkoff. Gefen Publishing House, 2011 (and 9789652299857).
- Rebbi: The Memoirs of Rabbi Moshe Aharon Poleyeff (1995) Book: Rebbi: The Memoirs of Rabbi Moshe Aharon Poleyeff. Poleyeff. Moses Aaron. 1995.
External links
Notes and References
- The main YU/RIETS archive incorrectly says 1967; see TALK page
- Web site: Sara Feidelson Goldstein, 94. .
- News: . Rav Hershel Schachter Featured Speaker at 30th Yartzeit of HaGaon Rav Moshe Aharon Poleyeff zt"l: To be held at Cong. Ahavath Achim, Brooklyn, Wed. 2 Kislev (Nov. 13) . November 1, 1996 . 87.
- Web site: HaRav HaGaon R. Moshe Aharon Poleyeff ZT"L, 1888-1967 . YU.edu.
- see TALK page re "1967" (vs. 1966, the documented date. The Hesped was Dec. 5, 1966; passing was Nov. 15, 1966.
- Book: From Washington Avenue to Washington Street . 9789652299857. . 2011.
- Published 1930 in Warsaw, Poland, despite already living in the USA since 1920. Web site: Warsaw 1930, Machaneh Yisroel, Moshe Aaron Poleyeff, Vintage Yeshiva University Judaica.
- Book: Sefer MaChaNeh Yisroel, Volume 2. Poleyeff. Moses Aaron.
- Book: Be'er Avraham. 1939. Poleyeff. Moses Aaron.
- Book: Sefer Or ha-shemesh. Kovets Hadoshim u-ve'urim ba-Sugiyot ha-Shas, Rambam u-Poskim. 1959.
- (also reprinted posthumously)
- Web site: orach mishor . AbeBooks.com.
- Book: Orach mishor . Moses A. Poleyeff. 1949.