Rabbi Dovid Harris (born 1945) is an

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who, along with Rabbi Akiva Grunblatt and Rabbi Shaul Opoczynski, serves as Rosh Hayeshiva (deans) at the

Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim (also known as the Rabbinical Seminary of America) is an Orthodox yeshiva based in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York, United States. It is primarily an American, non-chasidic Haredi Talmudic yeshiva. The yeshiva is lega ...

(Chofetz Chaim). He is a prominent figure in the

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world and speaks annually at the

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convention. He also serves on the rabbinic advisory committee of Torah Umesorah.

Life and education

Harris was born in 1945 in

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, where he attended Scranton Hebrew Day school. From there, he went to the

Rabbinical Seminary of America Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim (also known as the Rabbinical Seminary of America) is an Orthodox yeshiva based in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York, United States. It is primarily an American, non-chasidic Haredi Talmudic yeshiva. The yeshiva is legal ...

in Queens, New York, graduating high school and continuing in its post-high school program. In 1964, Harris, along with the entire yeshiva, traveled to Israel to study, returning there in 1968, where he remained to help strengthen the Israel branch. Harris would complete his studies at the yeshiva in 1973 after receiving his rabbinic ordination. He has continued working for the yeshiva and its affiliates.

Career

In 1974, he co-founded the school's first external affiliate branch, the

Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York The Yeshiva of Rochester (formerly the Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York or TIUNY) is a yeshiva located in Rochester, New York. It is an American, Lithuanian style Haredi institution. History TIUNY was founded in 1974 as the first extern ...

, together with Rabbi Menachem Davidowitz. In the fall of 1988, Harris also founded

Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel ''Metivta'' (also mesivta; Aramaic: מתיבתא, "academy") is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva secondary school for boys. The term is commonly used in the United States to describe a yeshiva that emphasizes Talmudic studies for boys in grades 9 throu ...

, a branch of the Chofetz Chaim network.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, David 1945 births Living people American Haredi rabbis Rosh yeshivas

Life and education

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