Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Slabodka)

Rabbi
Nosson Tzvi Finkel
Personal
Born1849
DiedFebruary 1, 1927
Jerusalem
ReligionJudaism
SpouseGittel
Parents
  • Moshe (father)
  • Miriam (mother)
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
Alma materKelm Talmud Torah
PositionFounder
YeshivaSlabodka Yeshiva
Chevron Yeshiva
Began1882
Ended1927
Yahrtzeit29 Shevat 5687

Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Hebrew: נתן צבי פינקל, Sephardic/Israeli: Natan Tzvi; Yiddish: נָטע הערש, romanizedNota Hirsch; 1849–1927) was an influential Lithuanian Jewish leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe and founder of the Slabodka yeshiva, in the town of Sloboda Vilyampolskaya (now Vilijampolė, a suburb of Kaunas). He is also known by the Yiddish appellation der Alter ("the Elder") and as the Alter of Slabodka. Many of his pupils were to become major leaders of Orthodox Judaism in the USA and Israel.