Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (also called Leizer Yudel Finkel) is a

Haredi Haredi Judaism (, ) is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that is characterized by its strict interpretation of religious sources and its accepted (Jewish law) and traditions, in opposition to more accommodating values and practices. Its members are ...

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rosh yeshiva Rosh yeshiva or Rosh Hayeshiva (, plural, pl. , '; 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, primarily the Talmud and th ...

(dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in

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, which is considered to be the largest yeshiva in Israel with a student body of 6,000 students. He acceded to the position of rosh yeshiva after his father, Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, died suddenly on 8 November 2011.

Biography

Finkel was named after his maternal great-grandfather, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, who became

(dean) of the Mir yeshiva in Poland in 1917 and re-established the yeshiva in Jerusalem during

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while the main body of the yeshiva was in exile in the Far East. His great-great-grandfather was the Mussar movement leader Nosson Tzvi Finkel.

References

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