Aryeh Kaplan

For the comic-book writer, see Arie Kaplan.
Rabbi
Aryeh Kaplan
Pinchas Stolper, “Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan z”l: An Appreciation,” Ten Da’at, vol. 1, no. 2 (Spring 1987): 8-9
Personal
Born
Leonard Martin Kaplan

October 23, 1934
Bronx, NY
DiedJanuary 28, 1983(1983-01-28) (aged 48)
Brooklyn, NY
ReligionJudaism
DenominationOrthodox
Alma materUniversity of Louisville, University of Maryland, Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon, Mir Yeshiva (Jerusalem)
ProfessionRabbi, Writer, Physicist
Jewish leader
ProfessionRabbi, Writer, Physicist
PositionRabbi
SynagogueAdas Israel, B'nai Sholom, Adath Israel, Ohav Shalom
OtherPhysicist
Yahrtzeit14 Shevat (next occurs on February 12, 2025)
BuriedMount of Olives, Israel
ResidenceBrooklyn, NY
SemikhahRabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem

Aryeh Moshe Eliyahu Kaplan (Hebrew: אריה משה אליהו קפלן; October 23, 1934 – January 28, 1983)[1][2] was an American Orthodox rabbi, author, and translator best known for his Living Torah edition of the Torah and extensive Kabbalistic commentaries. He became well-known as a prolific writer and was lauded as an original thinker. His wide-ranging literary output, inclusive of introductory pamphlets on Jewish beliefs, and philosophy written at the request of NCSY are often regarded as significant factors in the growth of the baal teshuva movement.[3][4][5]

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  3. ^ Kobre, Eytan (January 25, 2022). "A Living Torah". Mishpacha (896). Retrieved February 1, 2022.
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