Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (b. 1965)

Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (also called Leizer Yudel Finkel) [1] is a Haredi Jewish rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem,[2][3] which is considered to be the largest yeshiva in Israel with a student body of 6,000 students.[4] He acceded to the position of rosh yeshiva after his father, Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, died suddenly on 8 November 2011.[5]

For the dean of the Mir yeshiva in Poland and Jerusalem, see Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (b. 1879)
Rabbi

Eliezer Yehuda Finkel
Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (December 2015)
TitleRosh Yeshivas Mir
Personal
Born
Eliezer Yehuda Finkel

September 16, 1965
ReligionJudaism
NationalityIsraeli
ParentsRabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel
Rachel Leah Finkel
DenominationHaredi
Jewish leader
PredecessorRabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel
PositionRav
SynagogueMir Yeshiva Jerusalem
PositionRosh yeshiva
YeshivaMir yeshiva (Jerusalem)
PositionRosh Yeshiva
OrganisationMir Yeshiva Jerusalem
Began2011
ResidenceJerusalem, Israel

Biography
Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (left) speaking to Rabbi Refoel Partzovitz (right).

Rav Finkel was named after his maternal great-grandfather, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, known as "Reb Leizer Yudel", who became rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Poland in 1917 and re-established the yeshiva in Jerusalem during World War II whilst the main body of the Yeshiva was in exile in the Far East. His great-great-grandfather was the celebrated Mussar leader, the Alter of Slabodka.

References
  1. "Jerusalem – Tens Of Thousands Attend Levaya of R' Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Zatzal (photos)". Vos Iz Neias?. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  2. Heimowitz, Rabbi Yehuda (9 November 2011). "Special Tribute Edition: One Father, Myriads of Orphans". Mishpacha. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  3. "Photos: 100,000 Attend Levaya of Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel zt"l". matzav.com. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  4. "Jerusalem – Torah Chigri Sak! Hagaon Harav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Zt"l". Vos Iz Neias?. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  5. Ben Gedalyahu, Tzvi (8 November 2011). "Mir Yeshiva Rabbi Finkel Passes Away". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 8 November 2011.


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