Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (born 1879)

Rabbi
Eliezer Yehuda Finkel
TitleRosh Yeshivas Mir
Personal
Born
Eliezer Yehuda Finkel

1879
Lugoj
Died1965
Jerusalem
ReligionJudaism
NationalityRomania, British Mandate of Palestine, Israel
SpouseMalka Kamai
ChildrenMoshe
Chaim Zev
Beinish
ParentRabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel
DenominationHaredi
Jewish leader
PredecessorRabbi Eliyahu Boruch Kamai
SuccessorRabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz
PositionRosh yeshiva
YeshivaMir yeshiva (Belarus)
Began1917
Ended1965
BuriedHar HaMenuchot

Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, also known as Reb Leizer Yudel Finkel, (1879–1965) was the Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in both its Polish and Jerusalemic incarnations.