Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv | |
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 Rabbi Elyashiv at home | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 10 April 1910 Nisan 1, 5670 AM (Hebrew calendar) |
| Died | 18 July 2012 (aged 102) Tamuz 28, 5772 AM (Hebrew calendar) Jerusalem |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Children | Moshe Shlomo Avraham Binyamin Yitzchak Batsheva Esther (wife of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky) (died 2011) Sarah Rachel (wife of Rabbi Yosef Yisraelson) Dina Ettel (wife of Rabbi Elchonon Berlin) Shoshana (wife of Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein) (d. 1999) Leah (wife of Rabbi Ezriel Auerbach) (died 2010) Gittel (wife of Rabbi Binyomin Rimmer) Rivkah (d. 1948) |
| Parent(s) | Rabbi Avraham Elyashiv Chaya Moussa Elyashiv |
| Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
| Signature |  |
| Position | Posek |
| Organization | Degel HaTorah |
Yosef Shalom Elyashiv (Hebrew: יוסף שלום אלישיב; 10 April 1910 – 18 July 2012) was a Haredi rabbi and posek (arbiter of Jewish law) who lived in Jerusalem. Until his death at the age of 102, Rav Elyashiv was the paramount leader of both Israel and the Diaspora Lithuanian-Haredi community, and many Ashkenazi Jews regarded him as the posek ha-dor, the contemporary leading authority on halakha, or Jewish law.[1]
He spent most of his days engaged in Talmudical study, and delivered lectures in Talmud and Shulkhan Arukh at a local synagogue in the Meah Shearim area in Jerusalem where he lived.[2][3] He received supplicants from all over the world, and answered the most complex Halakhic inquiries.[1]
- ^ a b "RABBI YOSEF SHALOM ELYASHIV". Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ Ettinger, Yair (March 2010). "The Invisible Hand". Haaretz.
- ^ "The Invisible Hand". Haaretz. Retrieved September 13, 2018.