• 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Berlin, who became rosh yeshiva in 1854. In 1892, demands of the Russian authorities to increase secular studies forced the yeshiva to close. It re-opened...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Yaakov Shapira (category Religious Zionist rosh yeshivas)
    (Hebrew: יעקב אלעזר כהנא שפירא, born 26 December 1950) is the rosh yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva in Jerusalem and a member of the Chief Rabbinate Council...
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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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    asked to head a yeshiva in the region. In 1971, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein moved from the United States to join Amital as rosh yeshiva. First established...
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    Joseph B. Soloveitchik (category Yeshiva University rosh yeshivas)
    Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty. As a rosh yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) at Yeshiva University in New York City, The Rav...
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    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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    Yitzchak Hutner (category Haredi rosh yeshivas)
    an American Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean). Originally from Warsaw, Hutner was the long-time dean of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn,...
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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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    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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    Mosheh Lichtenstein (category Religious Zionist rosh yeshivas)
    Mosheh Lichtenstein (Hebrew: משה ליכטנשטיין; born July 7, 1961) is a co-rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion located in Alon Shvut. He is the eldest son of...
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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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    Rosh Yeshiva of the Old City site. One of the most famous alumni of the yeshiva was Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri, who died in January 2006. The Rosh Yeshiva...
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    Mercaz HaRav (category Orthodox yeshivas in Jerusalem)
    Zalman Baruch Melamed, Rosh Yeshiva of Beit El yeshiva Rabbi Moshe-Zvi Neria, educator, former Knesset member, Rosh Yeshiva of yeshiva in Kfar Haroeh Hanan...
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    rabbi. The former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, he also serves as the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia [he] in Jerusalem's Romema neighborhood. Yosef...
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  • Orthodox Jewish scholar, author, and educator who serves as the Rosh yeshiva of the Yeshiva of Greater Washington – Tiferes Gedaliah. He has written more...
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