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Aryeh Finkel (; 1931–2016) was a
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and
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of the Mir Brachfeld branch of the Mir Yeshiva. Before assuming his post at the new yeshiva branch in 2005, he served as the ''
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'' at the Mir in Jerusalem for many decades.


Biography

Aryeh Finkel was the son of Rabbi Chaim Zev Finkel (1906–1965), founder of Yeshivas Heichal HaTorah in
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and ''Mashgiach'' at the Mir in Jerusalem. He is the grandson of Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, who led the yeshiva in Poland and brought it to Israel.Ben Nun, Dov. "Advocates at the Gates of Mercy: Rav Aryeh Finkel, The Mirrer Yeshiva, Jerusalem". ''
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'', 26 September 2011, p. 55.
He is a second cousin of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir from 1990 to 2011, and first cousin to the latter's wife. He is also Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl's brother-in-law. Finkel inherited his position as ''Mashgiach'' of the Mir from his father. He began serving in this position under Rabbi
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. He was the long-time ''Shaliach Tzibbur'' (cantor) for
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(Mussaf) and
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(
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, Maariv and Mussaf) at the Mir in Jerusalem.


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Video: Rav Aryeh Finkel lighting the menorah (2009)
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