Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld (1925–1990) was an influential figure in the world of Orthodox Judaism who established a Yeshiva and Jewish community in the New York City area. He influenced tens of thousands of students and was a key figure in the US-based Baal Teshuva movement[1][2] which brought a massive wave of secular Jews back to Orthodox Judaism throughout the seventies and eighties. The Orthodox Union's tribute lionized him as "one of the founders of the Baal Tshuva movement."[3]