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Shmuel Rozovsky (1913–1979) was Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel.[1]

Biography

Early life

Rozovsky was born in Grodno, where his father Michel Dovid Rozovsky was the chief rabbi.[2] His mother Sara Pearl was the daughter of Avraham Gelburd, the previous rabbi of Grodno.[3]

He studied at the local Sha’ar Hatorah Yeshiva and was student of Shimon Shkop. He also studied with Yisroel Zev Gustman.[2]

In 1935, after the death of his father, to escape being drafted into the Soviet Red Army Rozovsky fled to British-ruled Palestine, where he studied in the Lomzha Yeshivah in Petach Tikvah, married the daughter of Tzvi Pesach Frank (Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem) and taught in the Lomzha Yeshiva.[4]

Ponevezh Yeshiva

In 1944, he became Rosh Yeshiva of the newly opened Ponovezh Yeshivah in Bnei Barak.[2] Rozovsky placed a strong emphasis on Talmudic skills, and also stressed personal perfection[5] and Mussar,[1] as well as the need to study other facets of Torah including Chumash with the commentaries of Rashi and Nachmanides.

His Students included:

Works

References

  1. ^ a b "Hamodia - the Daily Newspaper of Torah Jewry". www.hamodia.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Safier, Dovi (11 May 2021). "Everyone's Rosh Yeshiva: The Life of Rav Shmuel Rozovsky".
  3. ^ http://matzav.com/todays-yahrtzeits-history-27-tammuz/
  4. ^ "Shapiro Family".
  5. ^ "Daf Yomi Review - for dafyomi, amud yomi, mishnayos, Torah, rambam".
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