Shlomo Heiman
Shlomo Heiman, (1892–1944) known informally as "Reb Shlomo", was a
yeshivas in Europe
and the United States.
Early life
Shlomo Heiman was born in
Brisker Rav
.
After his marriage, Lebowitz asked Heiman to be a lecturer at the yeshiva in Kaminetz, which by this time had been wandering from
Ketubot while serving on the front lines in the trenches
.
After the war, Heiman began to deliver his Talmudic lectures in
Ramailles Yeshiva
, a position he held until 1935.
In the United States
In 1935, Heiman was invited to New York by
Torah Vodaath. With Grodzensky's approval, Heiman accepted this position, thereby being spared the horrors of the Holocaust. During Heiman's tenure at Torah Vodaath, the yeshiva experienced a period of significant growth.[1]
Confronted with what he considered to be the ardent secularism of America, which threatened to smother any vestige of the Haredi way of life, Heiman once remarked that one whose own children do not pursue the path of Torah can compensate by teaching Torah to the children of others.[2]
Death
Heiman died in 1945, at the age of 52. He was succeeded in the Ramailles yeshiva by
Reuven Grozovsky
.
Works
A two-volume compendium of Heiman's
Talmudic novellae, Chiddushei Rabbi Shlomo, was printed after his death (in 1966), based on his own writings, and incorporating notes of his students. It was released by Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz, one of Heiman's greatest students. It is widely used in many yeshivos, and is considered a basic text among late acharonim
. A later book,
Shiurei Rabbi Shlomo ('The Lectures of Rabbi Shlomo), printed from the notes of Heiman's students, contains many lectures and novellae not published in Chidushei Rabbi Shlomo. A collection of some of Heiman's original thoughts on the Bible, as well as a few of his ethical discourses has also been published.
Notable students
- Shlomo Carlebach
- Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz
- Simcha Schustal
- Alexander S. Gross
References
- ^ Jewish Professionals Institute (JPI) - Holocaust Thesis Chapter 6 at www.jpi.org
- ^ Parshat Bamidbar 5763 - OU Torah Insights Project Archived 2012-09-05 at archive.today at www.ou.org
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