Yehezkel Abramsky

Yehezkel Abramsky
Rav Yechezkel Abramsky
TitleRabbi
Personal
Born(1886-02-07)7 February 1886
Died19 September 1976(1976-09-19) (aged 90)
ReligionJudaism
NationalityRussian
SpouseHendl Reizel
ChildrenChimen Abramsky
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
PositionRosh yeshiva
YeshivaSlabodka yeshiva
PositionSenior Dayan
OrganisationLondon Beth Din
Yahrtzeit24 Elul 5736
BuriedHar HaMenuchot

Yehezkel Abramsky (Hebrew: יחזקאל אברמסקי) (7 February 1886 – 19 September 1976), also affectionately referred to as Reb Chatzkel Abramsky, was a prominent and influential Lithuanian Jewish Orthodox rabbi and scholar, born and raised in the Russian Empire, who later headed the London Beth Din rabbinical court for 17 years,[1] before retiring to Jerusalem in 1951.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sasha was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Raz, Simcha (2008). A Tzaddik in Our Time: The Life of Rabbi Aryeh Levin. Feldheim Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59826-249-0.