Shraga Feivel Paretzky
Shraga Feivel Paretzky (1917–1992) (he: שרגא פייבל פארעצקי), also known as Rabbi Philip Paretzky, was a
Rabbi Paretzky was born in Razanka, in the Lida District, in what is now Belarus, but was then Poland, in 1917. From the age of ten, he studied at the
In 1938, Rabbi Paretzky came to America and continued his
Rabbi Paretzky [citation needed] earned a master's degree in Semitics from Columbia University, where his advisor was the well-known historian Professor Salo Baron. His Master's Essay was about legal aspects of the Va'ad Arba Aratzot, the Council of Four Lands in Poland. He earned a J.D. law degree from Fordham University.
In 1964, Rabbi Paretzky returned to the RIETS to serve as a Rosh Yeshiva and Assistant Dean of Admissions to the Dean Rabbi Mendel Zaks. Rabbi Paretzky assumed the deanship upon the latter's death in 1974. Rabbi Paretzky is considered on par with other Rosh Yeshivas of RIETS including Rabbis
Rabbi Feivel Paretzky died suddenly in 1992, according to Sam Hartstein, a spokesman for YU. [2]
His wife, Mrs. Yehudit Paretzky, died on March 19, 2017.[3] They are survived by their children, Dr. Paulette (Peshie) Mandelbaum, Rabbi Kopel "Kenneth" Paretzky of
Works
- Ner L'Maor (ספר נר למאור), edited by Zev T. Paretzky, Google BooksYU Library
- Rabbi Paretzky's thoughts on Talmudic topics have been published in many Judaic Periodicals (see [4] and [5])
- Rabbi Paretzky also left many unpublished writings [6].
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