Dovid Lifshitz

Rabbi
Dovid Lifshitz
Personal
Born1906
Minsk
DiedJune 28, 1993
New York City
ReligionJudaism
NationalityAshkenazi
SpouseTzipporah Chava Yoselowitz
ChildrenChaya Waxman, Shulamith Kaminetsky, Sara Stein[1]
DenominationOrthodox
PositionRosh Yeshiva
YeshivaRIETS
PositionPresident
OrganisationEzras Torah
BuriedIsrael

Dovid Lifshitz (1906–1993) was a distinguished Ashkenazi Rosh yeshiva in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) for almost fifty years. He was appointed upon the invitation of Rabbi Samuel Belkin in 1944. He was also known as the "Suvalker Rav", due to his previous position as the Rabbi of the European town of Suvalk, which he maintained until its capture by the Nazis in 1940. Some of his lectures on the Talmud were later compiled and published as "Shiurei Rav Dovid Lifshitz".

  1. ^ Goldman, Ari L. (June 29, 1993). "New York Times Obituary". The New York Times. Retrieved June 16, 2013.