Yaakov Yitzchok Ezrachi (; born August 1933) is a

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(dean) at the Mir Yeshiva in

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Early life and education

Ezrachi was born in Jerusalem to Yisrael Ezrachi and Hinda. His mother was the daughter of Baruch Shlom, a graduate of the

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in Slobodka who served as a

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and was the grandson of Uri David Apiryon, rabbi of

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and author of the book ''Apiryon David''. He studied at the Mir Yeshiva.

Career

Since 1979, he has served as one of the rosh yeshivas of the Mir Yeshiva, next to Eliezer Yehuda Finkel. In 2024, Ezrachi travelled to

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, Argentina, to speak about the

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to an audience of seven thousand.

Family

Ezrachi was married to Rivka, a daughter of

Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz Chaim Leib Halevi Shmuelevitz, (; 1902–1979) — also spelled Shmulevitz — was a member of the faculty of the Mir Yeshiva (Poland), Mirrer Yeshiva for more than 40 years, in Poland, Shanghai and Jerusalem, serving as Rosh yeshiva during i ...

, also a former Rosh Yeshiva at the Mirrer Yeshiva. Rivka died in 2019. Ezrachi's brother was

Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi (; 27 March 1929 – 26 October 2023) was an Israeli Haredi (ultra-orthodox) rabbi, and a leader of the non-Hasidic Lithuanian Jews. He was the Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Ateres Yisrael in Bayit Vegan in Jerusalem, and a me ...

, another prominent

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rabbi.

References

External links

*Audio
Talmudic Lectures by Rabbi Yitzchok Ezrachi
*Audio
Rosh Chodesh Elul in Yeshivas Mir (5768)
*Video: Ezrachi delivering a lecture on Sukkos 2009 in Mir Yeshiva
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