Moshe Hillel Hirsch (; born Milton Hirsch October 26, 1936) is the
Rosh Yeshiva
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Bnei Brak
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,
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. He is a native of the
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Talmud
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ic tutelage of Rabbi Aharon Kotler.
He is the son-in-law of Mordechai Shulman, whom he succeeded as Rosh Yeshiva in Yeshivas Slabodka, who was the son-in-law of Issac Sher, who was the son-in-law of the Alter of Slabodka.
Hirsch is very involved in the '' halakhic'' leadership of Haredi Judaism.
Despite living in Israel, Hirsch is quite well known on the '' haredi'' rabbinical speaking circuit in America Hirsch eulogized Noach Weinberg, well known for founding Aish Hatorah, for an English-speaking audience.
In 1982, after the death of his father-in-law, he was appointed head of the yeshiva, alongside his brother-in-law Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Shulman and Rabbi Amram Zaks. Other heads of the yeshiva appointed include Rabbi Dov Landau and Rabbi Baruch Rosenberg.
Hirsch leads the 'HaMeshivim' organization, supporting hundreds of avrechim (young married scholars) in Lithuanian yeshivas across Israel, and guides the Lev Shomea organization for struggling youth.
Close to Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman, he was appointed to the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages) of Degel HaTorah in 2012 and is increasingly involved in public and educational matters, including the establishment of yeshivas and issues of yeshiva students' engagement with society.
Family
Hirsch was born October 26, 1936 in Brooklyn, NY to Romanian immigrants David and Malvina Hirsch and was raised in the Borough Park neighborhood in Brooklyn together with his brother Elias and twin sisters Judith and Lila. He married Avigail Shulman in 1963, and permanently moved to Israel where he had two children. His daughter is married to Rabbi Ben Zion Chadesh, serving as a Rosh Mesivta in the yeshiva, and his son, Rabbi Aharon, assists in managing the yeshiva and oversees new student admissions. His brother is