Yitzchok Ezrachi Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Rabbi
Yitzchok Ezrachi
Rosh Yeshiva in Mir
Synagogue:Shul in Mattesdorf
Synagogueposition:Rov
Yeshiva:Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem)
Yeshivaposition:Rosh yeshiva
Birth Name:Yitzchok Ezrachi
Nationality:Israeli
Denomination:Haredi
Residence:Jerusalem, Israel
Spouse:daughter of Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz

Yaakov Yitzchok Ezrachi (Hebrew: יצחק אזרחי; born August 1933) is a Rosh Yeshiva (dean) at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Biography

Ezrachi was born in Jerusalem to Yisrael Ezrachi and Hinda the daughter of Baruch Shlom, a graduate of the Knesses Yisrael Yeshiva in Slobodka who served as a rabbi in South Africa and was the grandson of Uri David Apiryon, rabbi of Žagarė in Lithuania and author of the book Apiryon David. He studied at the Mir Yeshiva.

Since 1979, he has serves as one of the rosh yeshivas of the Mir Yeshiva, next to Eliezer Yehuda Finkel.

Family

Ezrachi is a son-in-law of Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz, also a former Rosh Yeshiva at the Mirrer Yeshiva. Ezrachi's brother was Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, another prominent Haredi rabbi.

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