Shlomo Yosef Zevin

Rabbi
Shlomo Yosef Zevin
שלמה יוסף זווין
Rabbi Zevin next to Abba Eban
Personal
Born1888 (1888)
Kazimirov, near Minsk, Russian Empire
Died28 February 1978(1978-02-28) (aged 89–90)
Nationality Israel
ParentAharon Mordechai (father)
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
Known forFounding and editing the Encyclopedia Talmudit
OccupationRabbi, editor
Senior posting
Awards

Shlomo Yosef Zevin (Hebrew: שלמה יוסף זווין) (born 1888; died 28 February 1978) was one of the most prominent Orthodox, Religious Zionist rabbis of the 20th century. He founded the Encyclopedia Talmudit, a Hebrew Halachic Encyclopedia, of which he was chief editor until his death.