Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel | |
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Title | Rosh Yeshivas Mir |
Personal | |
Born | Eliezer Yehuda Finkel 1879 Lugoj |
Died | 1965 Jerusalem |
Religion | Judaism |
Nationality | Romania, British Mandate of Palestine, Israel |
Spouse | Malka Kamai |
Children | Moshe Chaim Zev Beinish |
Parent | Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel |
Denomination | Haredi |
Jewish leader | |
Predecessor | Rabbi Eliyahu Boruch Kamai |
Successor | Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz |
Position | Rosh yeshiva |
Yeshiva | Mir yeshiva (Belarus) |
Began | 1917 |
Ended | 1965 |
Buried | Har 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.