Avraham Eliezer Alperstein
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Avraham Eliezer Alperstein | |
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Kobrin, Grodno Province, Belarus | |
| Died | January 28, 1917 (aged 64) , United States |
| Nationality | American |
Avraham Eliezer Alperstein (c. 1853 – January 28, 1917) was an
Studying under the
Upon gaining semicha, Rabbi Alperstein briefly served as rabbi of the
Rabbi Alperstein immigrated to the United States in 1881, becoming rabbi of Khal Adath Jeshurun in New York. In 1884, he went to
RIETS
Upon his return to New York, Rabbi Alperstein was delighted to learn that his colleagues Rabbis Moshe Matlin and Yehuda David Bernstein had opened a Lithuanian-style
In 1903, when RIETS felt it had outgrown its premises at the Kalvarier shul, Rabbi Alperstein arranged for the yeshiva to transfer to his own Yagustava shul. By 1905, the year he became rabbi at Congregation Mishkon Yisroel, approximately 100 students were engaged in Torah study in RIETS, under the tutelage of several rabbis including Rabbi Alperstein.
Rabbi Alperstein was highly active in the areas of
Writings
- Sefer HaRaal uPri Genusar (Chicago, 1888) - a triple commentary on Maseches Bikkurim of the Talmud Yerushalmi, the first ever section of Talmud published in America
- unpublished Tractate Berachot of the Jerusalem Talmud and Tractate Niddahof the Babylonian Talmud
- several Torah articles in the Jerusalem rabbinic journal Ha-Measef
References
- RIETS Rosh Yeshiva Gallery biography[permanent dead link]
- Toldot Anshei Shem biography (Hebrew)
- ISBN 1-59975-685-4.
- Sherman, Moshe D. Orthodox Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook (Greenwood Press 2006). ISBN 0-313-24316-6.
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