Rabbi Dov Schwartzman | |
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Personal | |
Born | Dov Schwartzman 25 September 1921 |
Died | 7 November 2011 (aged 90) Jerusalem, Israel |
Religion | Judaism |
Parent | Rabbi Yehoshua Zev Schwartzman |
Denomination | Haredi |
Alma mater | Hebron Yeshiva |
Position | Rosh yeshiva |
Yeshiva | Bais Hatalmud |
Began | 1965 |
Other | Rosh yeshiva, Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia Rosh yeshiva, Ohr Somayach |
Buried | Mount of Olives |
Residence | Jerusalem |
Dov Schwartzman (25 September 1921 – 7 November 2011), also called Berel Schwartzman, was a Russian-born American Haredi Jewish rabbi, educator, Talmudic scholar, and rosh yeshiva (dean) of Bais Hatalmud, which he founded in the Sanhedria Murhevet neighborhood of Jerusalem and led for over 40 years.[1][2] He also founded and led the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia together with Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky, and co-founded the first yeshiva in Israel for baalei teshuva (Jews who become more pious than they were raised). He taught tens of thousands of students,[3] many of whom received semicha (rabbinic ordination) from him.[2]