Gershon Edelstein
Gershon Edelstein (born April 18, 1923) is rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva and the spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah party in Israel.[1]
Rabbi Gershon Edelstein שליט"א | |
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| Born | April 18, 1923 Shumyachi, Russia |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | Israeli |
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| Alma mater | Ponovezh Yeshiva |
| Position | Rosh Yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Ponevezh Yeshiva, Bnei Brak |
Biography
Gershon Yerachmiel Edelstein studied at the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak under Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky. He later became the rosh yeshiva, a post he holds today, alongside Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky.[2]
After Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, the spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah political party, died in 2017, Rabbi Edelstein became the joint new leader alongside Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky.[3] After Kanievsky's death in 2022, Edelstein became the sole leader. He is also a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah in Israel.
References
- "Amid coronavirus, Israeli rabbis say stay out of synagogues on Yom Kippur". www.jpost.com. Sep 27, 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
Rabbi Yerachmiel Gershon Edelstein, the rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva and the spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah Party in Israel, ...
- "Getting to Know Rav Gershon Edelstein shlit"a". Yeshiva World News. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- Rabinowitz, Aaron. "94-year-old Rabbi's Eulogy Signals He Is Heir Apparent to Shteinman, Late Leader of Israel's ultra-Orthodox". Haaretz.
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