Elya Svei

Elya Svei
Elya Svei (left) with Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman and Shmuel Kamenetsky in 1997
Personal
Born
Eliyahu Svei

March 19, 1924
Kaunas, Lithuania
DiedMarch 26, 2009(2009-03-26) (aged 85)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
ReligionJudaism
BuriedJerusalem

Elya Svei (March 19, 1924 (Taanis Esther 5684) – March 26, 2009 (Rosh Chodesh Nisan 5769)) was an American Haredi Jewish rabbi and co-rosh yeshiva (with Shmuel Kamenetsky) of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia.[1] He was born in Kaunas and died in Philadelphia.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Jewish Youths Try Trading Rabbi Cards". The Miami Herald. Miami, FL. April 29, 1989. p. 2. Retrieved November 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon