Henoch Leibowitz
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Rabbi Alter Chanoch Henoch Hakohen Leibowitz ZT"L | |
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| Title | 2nd Rosh Yeshiva (Dean) of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim: Rabbinical Seminary of America |
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| Born | c. 1918[1] Šalčininkai, Lithuania |
| Died | April 15, 2008 (aged 89) New York City, US |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | American |
| Parent | Chaim Dovid Hakohen Leibowitz |
| Denomination | Orthodox |
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| Predecessor | Rabbi Chaim Dovid Hakohen Leibowitz |
| Successor | Rabbi Dovid Harris and Rabbi Akiva Grunblatt |
| Position | Rosh Yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen |
| Began | December 7, 1941 |
| Ended | April 15, 2008 |
Alter Chanoch Henoch Hakohen Leibowitz (c. 1918[1] – April 15, 2008)[2] was an Orthodox rabbi who was Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen, which was founded by his father Rabbi Chaim Dovid Hakohen Leibowitz in 1933.
Biography
Leibowitz was born in 1918 in Šalčininkai, Lithuania, and was the only son of Rabbi Dovid Leibowitz. He came to America in 1926 when his father was hired by Mesivta Torah Vodaath as a teacher. In 1933, Rav Dovid left Torah Vodaath and founded Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen. His father's death in 1941 left him in charge of the fledgling yeshiva while still in his early 20s, and he spent the rest of his life leading the yeshiva to a prominent place in American Orthodox Jewish life while building a network of Torah institutions across the United States, Canada and Israel.
Notable students
- Rabbi Dovid Harris, current rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Chafetz Chaim
- Rabbi Akiva Grunblatt, current rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Chafetz Chaim
- Rabbi Elyakim Rosenblatt, rebbi in Yeshiva Chafetz Chaim and later rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Kesser Torah
- Rabbi Moshe Chait, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Chafetz Chaim of Jerusalem
- Rabbi Menachem Davidowitz, Rosh Yeshiva of Talmudic Institute of Upstate New York
- Rabbi Baruch Chait, Rosh Yeshiva of the Israeli high school Maarava Machon Rubin
- Rabbi Shaya Cohen, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Zichron Aryeh
- Rabbi Binyamin Luban, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes of Maimi
- Rabbi Yossi Singer, Menahel of Mesivta Chofetz Chaim
- Rabbi Mordechai Goldstein, Rosh Yeshiva of the Diaspora Yeshiva on Har Tzion in Yerushalayim.[3]
See also
- Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen
- Chofetz Chaim (disambiguation).
- Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel (an affiliate school)
References
- ^ a b His date of birth is uncertain, but his passport read June 2, 1918.
- ^ "Petira of Alter Chanoch Henoch Hakohen Leibowitz ZT"L". Beyond BT. April 15, 2008. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ^ https://matzav.com/rabbi-mordechai-goldstein-ztl/
Sources
- Greenwald, Shlomo (2008-04-18). "Rabbi Henoch Leibowitz, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim, dies". The Jewish Press. Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
External links
- Five Towns Jewish Times Obituary[permanent dead link]
- Video of Rabbi Henoch Leibowitz's second wedding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2g1ehpw_xk
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