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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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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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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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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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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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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Yeshivat Har Etzion (redirect from Har etzion yeshiva)
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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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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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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Yitzhak Yosef (redirect from Hazon Ovadia Yeshiva)
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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