Avigdor Miller

Avigdor Miller
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Born
Victor Miller[1]

(1908-08-28)August 28, 1908
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
DiedApril 20, 2001(2001-04-20) (aged 92)
Brooklyn, New York, United States
ReligionJudaism
SpouseEttel
DenominationHaredi Judaism
Alma materYeshivas Knesses Yisrael (Slabodka)
PositionRabbi
SynagogueBais Yisroel of Rugby Torah Center
PositionMashgiach ruchani
YeshivaYeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin
Yahrtzeit27 Nisan
BuriedMount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel
SemikhahRabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

Avigdor HaKohen Miller (August 28, 1908 – April 20, 2001) was an American Haredi rabbi, author, and lecturer.

He served simultaneously as a communal rabbi, mashgiach ruchani (spiritual supervisor) of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, and as a teacher in Beis Yaakov. After his son opened Yeshiva Beis Yisrael in 1986, Miller served as its rosh yeshiva (dean).

Miller was an American-born, European trained rabbi immersed in the demanding Lithuanian academic and mussar traditions. As one of the earlier prominent rabbis to use the medium of tape to distribute Torah lectures to the public, he reached a broad audience.[2]

  1. ^ Levine, Yitzchok. "Correspondence from a Gadol-in-the-Making" (PDF). The Jewish Observer. No. January/February 2006. p. 48.
  2. ^ Hamburger, Yaakov (2016). Rav Avigdor Miller: His Life and His Revolution (2nd ed.). Brooklyn, NY: The Judaica Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-60763-227-6.