Dovid Grossman (scholar)
 |
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2020) |
Rabbi Dovid Grossman | |
|---|---|
Boro Park | |
| Died | 5 February 2018 (aged 71–72) |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | American, Israeli |
| Spouse | Rachel Grossman (principal of Valley Torah High School's girls division) |
| Parent(s) | Max Grossman Mildred Grossman |
| Denomination | Haredi |
| Alma mater | Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia and Mir Yeshiva (Jerusalem) |
| Yeshiva | Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles |
| Buried | 6 February 2018 |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
Dovid Grossman (1946 – 5 February 2018) was a well-known Talmudic lecturer and
Talmid Chochom who disseminated Torah worldwide.[1]
Biography
Rabbi Tuvia Goldstein, his 12th grade rebbi (teacher) in
Novardok yeshiva
in France.
In Israel, he joined
Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik
.
After returning to the United States, Grossman learned in the
Lakewood Kollel. After 7 years there, he became one of the founding members of the Lakewood Kollel branch in Los Angeles.[2] In 1981, he helped start Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles (YGLA), where he served as the 12th grade Talmud lecturer until 2008. Concurrently with position as lecturer at YGLA, he opened a Torah program called Yeshivas HaChaim for working young adults and college students, independent of the Yeshiva.[3]
Grossman was known for his Talmud lectures. Recordings of his lectures on every page of the Talmud (Daf Yomi) are available and widely used.[4] Those lectures were repackaged and sold in a digital format as a customized iPod dubbed the Shaspod.[5]
Personal life
Grossman married his wife, Rachel, principal of
Valley Village, California
.
Grossman died following a motor vehicle accident on the morning of February 5, 2018, on the West Shore Expressway in Staten Island, New York, shortly after 4 a.m.[6]
References
- ^ "Well-known Los Angeles rabbi killed after getting flat tire on Staten Island highway". 5 February 2018.
- ^ About Rabbi Dovid Grossman, dafyomi.org
- ^ "Site is undergoing maintenance".
- ^ Hochbaum, Leah (5 August 2005). Forget Hip Hop — iPod Puts the Talmud in the Palm of Your Hand, The Forward
- ^ http://www.shaspods.com/index.php?page=press
- ^ http://matzav.com/rav-dovid-grossman-ztl/
External links to some of his many thousand lectures
Rabbi Grossman on TorahDownloads.com