Yitzchok Ezrachi

Yaakov Yitzchok Ezrachi (Hebrew: יצחק אזרחי; born August 1933) is a Rosh Yeshiva (dean) at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem.^[1]

Rabbi Yitzchok Ezrachi יצחק אזרחי
Rabbi Ezrachi at Mir Yeshiva on Purim 2011.
Title	Rosh Yeshiva in Mir
Personal life
Born	Yitzchok Ezrachi
Nationality	Israeli
Spouse	Rivka Ezrachi, daughter of Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz[1]
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Denomination	Haredi
Position	Rov
Synagogue	Shul in Mattesdorf
Position	Rosh yeshiva
Yeshiva	Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem)
Residence	Jerusalem, Israel

Early life and education

Ezrachi was born in Jerusalem to Yisrael Ezrachi and Hinda. His mother was the daughter of Baruch Shlom, a graduate of the Knesses Yisrael Yeshiva in Slobodka who served as a rabbi in South Africa and was the grandson of Uri David Apiryon, rabbi of Žagarė in Lithuania and author of the book Apiryon David. He studied at the Mir Yeshiva.

Career

Since 1979, he has served as one of the rosh yeshivas of the Mir Yeshiva, next to Eliezer Yehuda Finkel.^[1]

In 2024, Ezrachi travelled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to speak about the Torah to an audience of seven thousand.^[2]

Family

Ezrachi was married to Rivka, a daughter of Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz, also a former Rosh Yeshiva at the Mirrer Yeshiva.^[1] Rivka died in 2019.^[3]

Ezrachi's brother was Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, another prominent Haredi rabbi.^[4]