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Zalman Nechemia Goldberg ( he, זלמן נחמיה גולדברג; January 28, 1931 – August 20, 2020) was a
rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as '' semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form o ...
,
posek In Jewish law, a ''Posek'' ( he, פוסק , pl. ''poskim'', ) is a legal scholar who determines the position of ''halakha'', the Jewish religious laws derived from the written and Oral Torah in cases of Jewish law where previous authorities a ...
, and
rosh yeshiva Rosh yeshiva ( he, ראש ישיבה, pl. he, ראשי ישיבה, '; Anglicized pl. ''rosh yeshivas'') is the title given to the dean of a yeshiva, a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primar ...
in
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. The
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of a
Lithuanian Jewish Lithuanian Jews or Litvaks () are Jews with roots in the territory of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania (covering present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, the northeastern Suwałki and Białystok regions of Poland, as well as adjacent ...
family, Goldberg was also a son-in-law of
Shlomo Zalman Auerbach Shlomo Zalman Auerbach ( he, שלמה זלמן אויערבאך; July 20, 1910 – February 20, 1995) was a renowned Orthodox Jewish rabbi, posek, and rosh yeshiva of the Kol Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem. The Jerusalem neighborhood Ramat Shlomo ...
. Harav Goldberg was a
halakhic ''Halakha'' (; he, הֲלָכָה, ), also transliterated as ''halacha'', ''halakhah'', and ''halocho'' ( ), is the collective body of Jewish religious laws which is derived from the written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical comman ...
authority and Chief Justice of the Rabbinical High Court in Jerusalem, where he made rulings on the issues of
gittin Gittin (Hebrew: ) is a tractate of the Mishnah and the Talmud, and is part of the order of Nashim. The content of the tractate primarily deals with the legal provisions related to halakhic divorce, in particular, the laws relating to the ''Get'' ...
,
ketubot A ketubah (; he, כְּתוּבָּה) is a Jewish marriage contract. It is considered an integral part of a traditional Jewish marriage, and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom, in relation to the bride. In modern practice, ...
,
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, and the commandment of living in the
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. He co-authored the
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sponsored by the
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together with
Mordechai Willig HaRav Mordechai Yitzchak HaLevi Willig (born April 25, 1947; 5th of Iyyar, 5707 on the Hebrew calendar) is an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University in Washington Heights, Manhattan. He is often known to his students as the Ramu ...
. Harav Goldberg was the rosh yeshiva of both the Sadigura Hasidic yeshiva and the
Jerusalem College of Technology The Jerusalem College of Technology - Lev Academic Center (JCT; he, המרכז האקדמי לב) is a private college in Israel, recognized by the Council for Higher Education, which specializes in providing high-level science and technology ed ...
(Machon Lev), and headed the Institute for the Higher Study of Halacha (
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) in Jerusalem. He lectured extensively at
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's Yeshivat Torat Emet of Jerusalem on matters of Jewish law. Harav Goldberg was also well known for his '' semicha'' (rabbinic ordination) exams, which were often taken as an alternative to those offered by the Israeli Rabbinate. Harav Goldberg became the editor and chief of
Encyclopedia Talmudit The ''Encyclopedia Talmudit'' ( he, אנציקלופדיה תלמודית ''entsiyklopediah talmudiyt'') is a Hebrew language encyclopedia that aims to summarize the halakhic topics of the Talmud in alphabetical order. It began in 1942 and is ...
in 2008. In November 2009, he wrote an endorsement for ''The King's Torah'', a controversial book by
Yitzhak Shapira Yitzhak Shapira is an Israeli rabbi who lived in the West Bank Israeli settlement Yitzhar,Matthew Wagner"Shimshon soldiers to be hailed at 'farbrengen'" ''Jerusalem Post'', 12 November 2009 and is head of the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva. In 2009, he pu ...
. He later rescinded it, saying that the book includes statements that "have no place in human intelligence." Goldberg died on 20 August 2020 at
Hadassah Medical Center Hadassah Medical Center ( he, הָמֶרְכָּז הָרְפוּאִי הֲדַסָּה) is an Israeli medical organization established in 1934 that operates two university hospitals in Jerusalem – one in Ein Karem and one in Mount Scopus –, ...
in
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, a week after collapsing in his home. His funeral was held at the Shamgar Funeral house and
Mount of Olives The Mount of Olives or Mount Olivet ( he, הַר הַזֵּיתִים, Har ha-Zeitim; ar, جبل الزيتون, Jabal az-Zaytūn; both lit. 'Mount of Olives'; in Arabic also , , 'the Mountain') is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to Jeru ...
cemetery.


References


External links


Halakha Down to Earth: In Memory of Rav Z.N. Goldberg Yona Reiss, Tradition Online

Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, zt”l: A Great Gaon and a Great Human Being By Rabbi Haim Jachter , August 27, 2020, New Jersey Jewish Link

הרב הראשי לישראל הגאון רבי דוד לאו בהספד על מורו ורבו הגרז״נ גולדברג זצ״ל
by Rabbi
David Lau David Baruch Lau ( he, דוד לאו; born 13 January 1966) is the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. He was appointed after achieving a majority of the vote on 24 July 2013. He previously served as the Chief Rabbi of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Isra ...

הספד על הגרז"ן זצ"ל, מפי בנו, הרב אהרן גולדברג
by his son Rabbi Aharon Goldberg
Azkara for Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg זצ"ל
Rabbi
Mordechai Willig HaRav Mordechai Yitzchak HaLevi Willig (born April 25, 1947; 5th of Iyyar, 5707 on the Hebrew calendar) is an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University in Washington Heights, Manhattan. He is often known to his students as the Ramu ...
and Rabbi
Meir Goldwicht Meir Goldwicht is an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University in Washington Heights, Manhattan. He was born in Israel, studied in Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh under his uncle Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht, the Rosh Yeshiva ...
Haredi rabbis in Israel Jerusalem College of Technology faculty Rabbis in Jerusalem Israeli Rosh yeshivas Israeli people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent 1931 births 2020 deaths {{authority control