Shmuel Rozovsky (; 1913–1979) was

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of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in

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Biography

Early life

Rozovsky was born in

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, where his father Michel Dovid Rozovsky was the chief rabbi. His mother Sara Pearl was the daughter of Avraham Gelburd, the previous rabbi of Grodno. He studied at the local Sha’ar Hatorah Yeshiva and was student of Shimon Shkop. He also studied with Yisroel Zev Gustman. In 1935, after the death of his father, to escape being drafted into the Polish army, Rozovsky fled to British-ruled

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, where he studied in the Lomzha Yeshivah in Petach Tikvah, married the daughter of Tzvi Pesach Frank (Chief Rabbi of

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) and taught in the Lomzha Yeshiva.

Ponevezh Yeshiva

In 1944, he became

of the newly opened Ponovezh Yeshivah in

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. Rozovsky placed a strong emphasis on Talmudic skills, and also stressed personal perfection and Mussar, as well as the need to study other facets of

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including

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with the commentaries of

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and

Nachmanides Moses ben Nachman ( ''Mōše ben-Nāḥmān'', "Moses son of Nachman"; 1194–1270), commonly known as Nachmanides (; ''Nakhmanídēs''), and also referred to by the acronym Ramban (; ) and by the contemporary nickname Bonastruc ça Porta (; l ...

. His students included: * Gershon Edelstein of Ponevezh yeshiva (Bnei Brak) * Asher Arieli of Yeshivas Mir * Aharon Pfeuffer, Rosh Yeshiva in London and Johannesburg, and authority on

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Works

* ''Chiddushei Rabbi Shmuel'' * ''Shiurei Rabbi Shmuel'' * ''Zichron Shmuel''

References

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