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Shmuel Rozovsky
Israeli rabbi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shmuel Rozovsky (Hebrew: שמואל רוזובסקי; 1913–1979) was Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel.[1]
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Biography
Early life
Rozovsky was born in Grodno, where his father Michel Dovid Rozovsky was the chief rabbi.[2] His mother Sara Pearl was the daughter of Avraham Gelburd, the previous rabbi of Grodno.[3]
He studied at the local Sha’ar Hatorah Yeshiva and was student of Shimon Shkop. He also studied with Yisroel Zev Gustman.[2]
In 1935, after the death of his father, to escape being drafted into the Polish army, Rozovsky fled to British-ruled Palestine, where he studied in the Lomzha Yeshivah in Petach Tikvah, married the daughter of Tzvi Pesach Frank (Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem) and taught in the Lomzha Yeshiva.[4]
Ponevezh Yeshiva
In 1944, he became Rosh Yeshiva of the newly opened Ponovezh Yeshivah in Bnei Barak.[2] Rozovsky placed a strong emphasis on Talmudic skills, and also stressed personal perfection[5] and Mussar,[1] as well as the need to study other facets of Torah including Chumash with the commentaries of Rashi and Nachmanides.
His students included:
- Gershon Edelstein of Ponevezh yeshiva (Bnei Brak)
- Asher Arieli of Yeshivas Mir
- Aharon Pfeuffer, Rosh Yeshiva in London and Johannesburg, and authority on kashrut
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Works
- Chiddushei Rabbi Shmuel
- Shiurei Rabbi Shmuel
- Zichron Shmuel
References
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