Mosheh Lichtenstein (; born July 7, 1961) is a co-

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 ...

Yeshivat Har Etzion Yeshivat Har Etzion (YHE; ), commonly known in English as "Gush" and in Hebrew as "Yeshivat HaGush", is a Hesder yeshiva located in Alon Shvut, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. It is considered one of the leading institutions of advanced T ...

located in

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. He is the eldest son of Rabbi

Aharon Lichtenstein Aharon Lichtenstein (; May 23, 1933 – April 20, 2015) was an Orthodox rabbi, Israel Prize laureate and rosh yeshiva who was an authority in Jewish law (''Halakha''). Biography Aharon Lichtenstein was born to Yechiel Lichtenstein and Bluma née ...

and Dr. Tovah Soloveitchik.

Biography

Mosheh Lichtenstein came on

Aliyah ''Aliyah'' (, ; ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel or the Palestine (region), Palestine region, which is today chiefly represented by the Israel ...

with his family in 1971 from

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, when his father Rav

was offered the position of

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 ...

. He studied at the in

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, and thereafter, spent a year studying with his grandfather, Rabbi

Joseph B. Soloveitchik Joseph Ber Soloveitchik ( ''Yosef Dov ha-Levi Soloveychik''; February 27, 1903 – April 9, 1993) was a major American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher. He was a scion of the Lithuanian Jewish Soloveitchik rabbinic ...

, in

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from 1979 to 1980. From 1980 to 1985, he did

hesder Hesder ( "arrangement"; also Yeshivat Hesder ) is an Israeli yeshiva program which combines advanced Talmudic studies with military service in the Israel Defense Forces, usually within a Religious Zionist framework. The program allows Orthodox J ...

, serving in the Armored Corps. He received

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from the Rabbanut and a degree in English Literature from

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. Lichtenstein was hired as a ''Ram'' at

in 1992. He went on sabbatical during the 1997 and 1998 academic years and served as Rosh Kollel of the Torat Tzion Kollel in

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. He also taught at Bruria, an Advanced Program for Women in

from 1992 to 1997. At present, he is responsible for the

Kollel A kollel (also kolel) (, , , , a "gathering" or "collection" f scholars is an institute for full-time, advanced Torah study, study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature. Like a yeshiva, a kollel features Shiur (Torah), shiurim (lectures) and ...

Gavoha, teaches Shiur Hei at

, teaches an Iyun Shiur on

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and gives a weekly Shiur for Shana Bet. He also teaches at the Beit Midrash for Women Migdal Oz. On September 25, 2008 (Tishrei 5769), Rav

Yehuda Amital Yehuda Amital (; born Yehuda Klein; 31 October 1924 – 9 July 2010) was an Orthodox rabbi, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, and a member of the Israeli cabinet, associated with the Israeli Left. The concept of a Hesder Yeshiva is att ...

officially announced his retirement, to take effect on the last day of the Jewish month of

Tishrei Tishrei () or Tishri (; ''tīšrē'' or ''tīšrī''; from Akkadian ''tašrītu'' "beginning", from ''šurrû'' "to begin") is the first month of the civil year (which starts on 1 Tishrei) and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year (wh ...

, in the year 5769 (October 28, 2008). He also announced that Lichtenstein would assume the position as the fourth

on that same day. Lichtenstein was inaugurated as

alongside Rabbis Aharon Lichtenstein, Yaakov Medan and Baruch Gigi.

Personal

Lichtenstein is married to Dr. Michal Lichtenstein (née Mintzer). They reside in

Alon Shevut Alon Shvut () is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, established in June 1970 over lands confiscated from the nearby Palestinian town of Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah. It is part of the Etzion bloc of the West Bank, administered by the Gush Etz ...

, where the

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is located, and have three daughters.

Works

*Moses - Envoy of God, Envoy of His People : leadership and crisis from the Exodus to the plains of Moab *''"What" Hath Brisk Wrought: The Brisker Derekh Revisited'' The Torah U-Madda Journal, No. 9 (2000) *''Kol Isha: A Women's Voice'', Tradition Vol. 46, No. 1 (2013) *''Netivei Nevuah - Mabat El Hahaftarot'' (Paths of prophecy : An analysis of the haftarot (Hebrew)) (2015)

Family Tree

References

External links

''"What" Hath Brisk Wrought: The Brisker Derekh Revisited''
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YUTorah Online
* http://traditionarchive.org/news/article.cfm?id=105748
J. Brull (2020), The Educational Thought of Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein as an Expansion of the Classic "Brisker Derekh" and its Application in Teaching Talmud in Yeshiva High Schools (Hebrew)
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