Isser Zalman Meltzer
Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer איסר זלמן מלצר | |
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Rosh Yeshiva | |
Yeshiva | Etz Chaim Yeshiva |
Buried | Har HaMenuchot cemetery, Jerusalem |
Isser Zalman Meltzer (
Early life
Isser Zalman Meltzer was born on 5 Adar 5630 (February 6, 1870) in the city of Mir,[2] in the Minsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Republic of Belarus) to Rabbi Baruch Peretz and Miriam Reisel Meltzer.
While at the yeshiva, he became involved in the secret [Orthodox] Ness Ziona Society, part of the
In 1892, at age 22, he married Beila Hinda, daughter of R. Faivel Frank of Ilukste. During his engagement period, he studied at the
In 1894, Melzer was appointed by Rabbi
Later life
In 1903, Meltzer was appointed as the rabbi of Slutsk, a position he held for 20 years.
When the communal leaders resolved to appoint him as their rabbi, Meltzer wrote to his teacher Soloveitchik and to Rabbi
Meltzer was also a disciple of Yisrael Meir Kagan and Finkel. He was the father-in-law of Rabbi Aharon Kotler and maternal grandfather of Rabbi Shneur Kotler. He and Rav Aharon fled from Russia to Poland [8] at the outbreak of the outbreak of the Bolshevik revolution.[2]
Rabbi Meltzer, who subsequently emigrated to
In his later years, Meltzer served as the rosh yeshiva of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem.[2]
He died on Tuesday, 17 November 1953 (10th Kislev 5714) at age 83, exactly 20 years after his brother-in-law Moshe Mordechai, and was interred on Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem.
Students
Rabbis who were his students include:
- His son, Zvi Yehuda Meltzer, Chief Rabbi of Rehovot, and the father-in-law of Rabbi Yehuda Amital
- His son, Dr. Feivel Meltzer, a professor of Biblical Hebrew in Israel and contributor to the Da’at Miqra commentary on the Tanach
- His son-in-law, Yitzchack Ben Menachem, Chief Rabbi of Petah Tikva
- His son-in-law, Lakewood, New Jersey
- His granddaughter's husband, Yehuda Amital, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion.
- Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, rosh yeshiva of Kol Torah and leading posek of his time.
- Yisroel Yaakov Fisher
- Ashkenazi Chief Rabbiof Israel.
- Yosef Eliyahu Henkin, founder of Ezras Torah
- Moshe Aharon Poleyeff, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva University.
- Lithuanian Jews
- Avraham Yaakov Zelaznik, rosh yeshiva of Etz Chaim Yeshiva.
- Yeshivat Shaalvim
- Amram Zaks, rosh yeshiva of the Slabodka yeshiva of Bnei Brak
- Eliezer Waldenberg, leading 20th century posek on medicine and halacha; dayan in Jerusalem.
- Avraham Shapira, rosh yeshiva of Mercaz haRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem.
- Chai Yitzchok Twersky, Rebbe of Rachmistrivka Borough Park
References
- ^ Isser Zalman Meltzer "Even HaEzel" (1870 - 1953)"Isser Zalman Meltzer "Even HaEzel"".
- ^ a b c d e "Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer zt"l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today". matzav.com. November 27, 2009.
- ^ a b "HaRav Isser Zalman Meltzer, in honor of his yahrtzeit".
- ^ "Pirchei - Agudath Israel - Vayeitzei" (PDF). AgudathIsrael.org. July 2015.
- ^ a b c "Meltzer, Isser Zalman". JewishVirtualLibrary.org.
- ISBN 978-0765709950.
- ISSN 1899-3044.
- ^ (Lithuania) "Rabbi Yechiel Michel Feinstein".
- ^ Fendel, Hillel (13 August 2010). "75 Years Without Rabbi Kook: Selected Quotes". Israel National News. Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- Eckman, Lester: History of Yeshivot and White Russia from their Beginnings Until 1945: publ Judaic Research institute, Elizabeth, New Jersey : p 253-259