Gershon Edelstein

Rabbi
Gershon Edelstein
זצ'ל
גרשון אדלשטיין
Edelstein, c. 2000s
Personal
Born
Yerachmiel Gershon Edelstein

(1923-04-18)18 April 1923
Shumyachi, Roslavlsky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, Russian SFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Died30 May 2023(2023-05-30) (aged 100)
Bnei Brak, Israel
ReligionJudaism
Nationality Israel
Parent
  • Rabbi Tzvi Yehudah Edelstein (father)
Alma materPonovezh Yeshiva
PositionRosh Yeshiva
YeshivaPonevezh Yeshiva, Bnei Brak

Yerachmiel Gershon Edelstein (18 April 1923[1] – 30 May 2023) was a Soviet-born Israeli rabbi who was rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva, president of the Vaad Hayeshivos, and the spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah party in Israel.[2] He was widely considered to be a Gadol Hador by the Litvish community.[3]

  1. ^ Edelstein, Tzvi Yehuda (Gershon's father). Hod Tzvi, Ch. 1.
  2. ^ "Amid coronavirus, Israeli rabbis say stay out of synagogues on Yom Kippur". www.jpost.com. 27 September 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, ...
  3. ^ Jewish World Mourns: Rabbi Gershon Edelstein passes away at age 100.