Yechezkel Levenstein

Yechezkel Levenstein

male, deceased (1974)
Rabbi Yechezkel (Chatzkel) Levenstein was the mashgiach ruchani of the Mir yeshiva in Mir, Belarus and during the yeshiva's flight to Lithuania and...
Nosson Tzvi Finkel

Nosson Tzvi Finkel

male
Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel is the Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir Yeshiva, which is located in Beis Yisroel, Jerusalem, Israel. He is the son-in-law of Rabbi...
Shimon Shkop

Shimon Shkop

male, deceased (1940)
Rabbi Shimon Shkop (1860-1940) was a rosh yeshiva ("dean") in the Telshe yeshiva and a renowned Talmudic sholar. He was born in Tortz in 1860. At...
Yeruchom Levovitz

Yeruchom Levovitz

male, deceased (1936)
Rabbi Yeruchom Levovitz (ca. 1874-1936), or "The Mashgiach" as he was fondly referred to by his hundreds of students, was a famous "mashgiach...

Binyomin Beinush Finkel

male, deceased (1990)
Rabbi Binyomin Beinush Finkel, (1911-1990), was the "rosh yeshiva" of Yeshivas Mir in Jerusalem. He was born in Mir, Belarus, where his father...
Chaim Volozhin

Chaim Volozhin

male, deceased (1821)
Chaim Volozhin (1749-1821) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Talmudist, and ethicist. Popularly known as "Reb Chaim Volozhiner", or simply "Reb Chaim",...
Isser Zalman Meltzer

Isser Zalman Meltzer

male, deceased (1953)
Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870 - 1953) was a famous Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi, rosh yeshiva and posek. He is also known as the "Even HaEzel",...
Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz

Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz

male, deceased (1978)
Rabbi Chaim Leib ("haleivi") Shmuelevitz (1902-1978) was born in Kovno, Lithuania and died in Jerusalem, Israel. He was a member of the faculty of...

Yoel Schwartz

male
Rabbi Yoel Schwartz is a well known Torah scholar and a prolific writer who has published over 200 Jewish books. He learned at Yeshivas Ponevitch...
Samuel Belkin

Samuel Belkin

male
Rabbi Samuel Belkin (1911-1976) is best known as the second University President of Yeshiva University. He was born in Swislocz, Poland and studied...