Yechezkel Levenstein
Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein | |
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Raduń Yeshiva, Kelm Talmud Torah |
Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein, known as Reb Chatzkel, (1885 – 18
Mir Yeshiva, in Mir, Belarus and during the yeshiva's escape to Lithuania and on to Shanghai due to the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany in World War II. He was a leader of several yeshivas in Europe, the United States, and Israel.[2]
Biography
Levenstein was born in
Raduń Yeshiva under the Chofetz Chaim and the Yeruchom Levovitz, and finally in the Kelm Talmud Torah
.
His wife was named Chaya.[3]
From 5695 (1935), for about 2 yearsPetach Tikvah.
Shanghai
News reached Shanghai Adar 5703 (1943), where the Mir spent the war years, of the murders of so many of Lithuanian Jewry. The eulogy of the martyrs by the mashgiach was published in a book, Mimizrach Shemesh.[6]
Yeshivos
The Yeshivos that he founded or strongly influenced include:[7]
- Before World War II
- Mir Yeshiva (Poland), as Mashgiach Ruchani
- After the War
- Mir Yeshivah (Yerushalayim)
- Ponovezh Yeshivah (B'nei Brak)
Works
Bibliography
- Kasnett, Yitzchak (2007) Reb Chatzkel. Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein - Guardian of Torah and Mussar, Artscroll Mesorah Publications, ISBN 9781422605387
External links
References
- ^ "Yartzeite of Rav Yechezkel Levenstein is the 18th of Adar." "Yartzeite of Rav Yechezkel Levenstein: Learning".
- ISBN 9781568712383.
- ^ a b c "Rav Yechezkel Levenstein zt"l, Mashgiach of Mir and Ponevezh, On His 37th Yahrtzeit, Today". Matzav. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
- ^ a b A. Bar Moshe (March 17, 1999). "And His Hands Were Faithful -- the Twenty Fifth Yahrtzeit of HaRav Yechezkel Levenstein Zt'l, Mashgiach of Mir and Ponevezh".
- ^ "When Reb Yeruchom passed away (on the eighteenth of Sivan 5697) however, the heads of the yeshiva asked Reb Chatzkel if he would agree to return ..."
- ^ "An Approach to the Suffering of the European Churban". Retrieved 2017-02-16.
- ^ a b Or Yechezkel : Rav Yechezkel HaLevi Levenstein (7 Vol.). Retrieved 2017-02-19.