Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (born 1965)

Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel אליעזר יהודה פינקל
Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (December 2015)
Title	Rosh Yeshivas Mir
Personal life
Born	Eliezer Yehuda Finkel September 16, 1965
Nationality	Israeli
Parent(s)	Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel Rachel Leah Finkel
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Denomination	Haredi
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel
Position	Rav
Synagogue	Mir Yeshiva Jerusalem
Position	Rosh yeshiva
Yeshiva	Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem)
Position	Rosh Yeshiva
Organisation	Mir Yeshiva Jerusalem
Began	2011
Residence	Jerusalem, Israel

Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (also called Leizer Yudel Finkel) ^[1] is a Haredi Jewish rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, ^{[2] [3]} which is considered to be the largest yeshiva in Israel with a student body of 9,500 students. ^[4]

He acceded to the position of rosh yeshiva after his father, Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, died suddenly on 8 November 2011. ^[5]

Biography

Finkel (left) and Rabbi Refoel Partzovitz

Finkel was named after his maternal great-grandfather, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, who became rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir yeshiva in Poland in 1917 and re-established the yeshiva in Jerusalem during World War II while the main body of the yeshiva was in exile in the Far East. His great-great-grandfather was the Mussar movement leader Nosson Tzvi Finkel.

References

1. "Jerusalem – Tens Of Thousands Attend Levaya of R' Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Zatzal (photos)". Vos Iz Neias?. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
2. Heimowitz, Rabbi Yehuda (9 November 2011). "Special Tribute Edition: One Father, Myriads of Orphans". Mishpacha . Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
3. "Photos: 100,000 Attend Levaya of Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel zt"l". matzav.com. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
4. "Jerusalem – Torah Chigri Sak! Hagaon Harav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Zt"l". Vos Iz Neias? . 8 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
5. Ben Gedalyahu, Tzvi (8 November 2011). "Mir Yeshiva Rabbi Finkel Passes Away". Arutz Sheva . Retrieved 8 November 2011.