Rosh yeshiva (Hebrew: ראש ישיבה, pl. Hebrew: ראשי ישיבה, roshei yeshiva, rashe yeshiva; Anglicized pl. rosh yeshivas) is the title given to the dean of...
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Rosh Yeshiva and Chancellor of Yeshiva University Aharon Lichtenstein (1933–2015), Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, and Rosh Kollel of Yeshiva University's...
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Stone Avenues (now Mother Gaston Boulevard) in Brownsville. The founding rosh yeshiva, Yaakov Moshe Shurkin, served from 1936 until his death in 1963. Yitzchok...
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to the Rosh Yeshiva and head of the Kollel. From Ruderman's death in 1987 until his own death on July 1, 1999, Weinberg served as Rosh Yeshiva. Weinberg...
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before proceeding to Kollel or semikha study (and with the Rosh Yeshiva's sanction). The Rosh Yeshiva also delivers the weekly shiur klali (comprehensive lecture)...
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the yeshiva in Hebron. Upon Grodzinski's return to Slabodka, the Alter transferred the mashgiach ruchani responsibilities to him, and the rosh yeshiva duties...
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the Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen. Binyomin Luban, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Toras Chaim in Miami Elyakim Rosenblatt, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Kesser...
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Shlomo Kahaneman, second rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Ponevezh Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman Rabbi Steinman with students of Little Yeshiva Ponevezh on Purim, 1960...
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Hebrew Theological College (redirect from Skokie yeshiva)
of Hebron Yeshiva, became rosh yeshiva, serving in that position for 22 years. On January 27, 2008, Avraham Friedman was named rosh yeshiva. Other roshei...
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and in 1884, rosh yeshiva (dean) of the yeshiva. A student of Yisrael Salanter, he had been a maggid shiur (lecturer) in Salanter's yeshiva, and a rabbi...
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Brisk tradition and Soloveitchik dynasty (redirect from Brisk yeshiva)
the late Rabbi Moshe Twersky Rebbi in Yeshivas Toras Moshe and Rabbi Yitzchok Lichtenstein Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, both grandsons of his cousin...
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time became the Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir. The yeshiva remained in that location until 1914. With the outbreak of World War I, the yeshiva moved to Poltava...
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Aryeh Tzvi Frumer (category Rosh yeshivas)
served as rosh yeshiva of the yeshiva in Sochaczew (Sochatchov) from 1910 to 1914 and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, the premier yeshiva of Poland...
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Beth Medrash Govoha (redirect from Lakewood Yeshiva)
yeshiva in the world, after Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. As of 2019, it had 6,715 students, 2,748 regular and 3,967 in Kollel status. The principal Rosh...
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rabbi and Talmudic scholar. He is the founder and the rosh yeshivah of Heichal HaTorah BeZion, a yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel. Tzvi Kushelevsky was born on...
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Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik (category Rosh yeshivas)
2021) was a Haredi (ultra-orthodox) rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) of one of the branches of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem. Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik was...
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Benjamin Brafman. Rabbi Azriel Brown, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret Rabbi Yaakov Mayer, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret Ari Goldwag, Jewish...
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later Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshiva (see above) Rabbi Nesanel Quinn, later Menahel of the Yeshiva Rabbi Yisroel Reisman, today Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshiva, and...
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(1932–2020), av beit din, rosh yeshiva of Machon Lev, editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia Talmudit Aharon Lichtenstein (1933–2015), rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har...
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Modern Orthodox Judaism (redirect from Canadian Yeshiva and Rabbinic School)
teachings and philosophy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903–1993), Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University. In Rav Soloveitchik's thought, Judaism, which believes...
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Aharon Lichtenstein (category Yeshiva University rosh yeshivas)
Lichtenstein (May 23, 1933 – April 20, 2015) was an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva who was an authority in Jewish law (Halakha). Aharon Lichtenstein was...
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Dov Schwartzman (category Haredi rosh yeshivas)
Russian-born American Haredi Jewish rabbi, educator, Talmudic scholar, and rosh yeshiva (dean) of Bais Hatalmud, which he founded in the Sanhedria Murhevet neighborhood...
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Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (category Volozhin rosh yeshivas)
known by the acronym Netziv, was an Orthodox rabbi, rosh yeshiva (principal) of the Volozhin Yeshiva and author of several works of rabbinic literature...
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Dovid Harris (category Rosh yeshivas)
Opoczynski, serves as Rosh Hayeshiva (deans) at the Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen. He is a prominent figure in the yeshiva world and speaks annually...
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Henoch Leibowitz (category Rosh yeshivas)
(June 2, 1918 – April 15, 2008) was an Orthodox rabbi who was Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen, which was founded by his father...
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Shneur Kotler (category Rosh yeshivas)
rabbi from the Lithuanian movement and rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha (also known as the Lakewood Yeshiva) in Lakewood, New Jersey from 1962 to 1982...
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and rosh yeshiva in Kobrin Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, rosh yeshiva, Yeshivas Ner Yisroel, Baltimore Yechezkel Sarna, rosh yeshiva, Hebron yeshiva Elazar...
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Aharon Kotler (category Rosh yeshivas)
Miller, rosh kollel and posek in Toronto Yechiel Perr (born 1935), rosh yeshiva Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Elyakim Rosenblatt, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Kesser...
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also known as Reb Leizer Yudel Finkel, (1879–1965) was the Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in both its Polish and Jerusalemic incarnations. Finkel...
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Dovid Leibowitz (category Torah Vodaath rosh yeshivas)
disciple of Slabodka yeshiva in Lithuania, he went on to found Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim in the United States, where he served as rosh yeshiva (dean). As a teenager...
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