Yerucham Olshin

Rabbi
Yerucham Olshin
Rabbi Olshin (right) with Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum at a simcha
Personal
Born
Yerucham Olshin
ReligionJudaism
SpouseShalva Schwartzman[1]
PositionRosh yeshiva
YeshivaBeth Medrash Govoha

Yerucham Olshin is an Orthodox rabbi and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages).[2][3] He is one of the four roshei yeshiva (deans) of Beth Medrash Govoha,[4][5] an Orthodox yeshiva located in Lakewood, New Jersey.[6]

Olshin's works about Jewish holidays have been published under the title Yareach L'Moadim. Olshin was a student of Rabbis Eliyahu Moshe Shisgal (son in law of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein), Abba Berman, and Shneur Kotler. He is married to Shalva, who is the daughter of Rabbi Dov Schwartzman,[1] and granddaughter of the founder of the yeshiva, Rabbi Aharon Kotler.

  1. ^ a b "Rav Dov Schwartzman, zt"l". matzav.com. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Six Gedolim Added To Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah Of Agudas Yisroel". TheYeshivaWorld.com. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ By: The “Hamodia Staff” (September 14, 2020). "Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah Call on Community to Achieve Improvements; New Chavrei HaMoetzes Welcomed". Hamodia. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ Davidson, Aryeh (24 March 2007). "Breaking the Barriers". Ohr Somayach International. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  5. ^ Goldberg, Rabbi Hillel. "The Traffic is Edgy, Rav Olshin Is Not". Yated Ne'eman, 12 October 2011, pp. 70–71.
  6. ^ Helmreich, William B. (2000). The World of the Yeshiva: An intimate portrait of Orthodox Jewry. Ktav Publishing House. p. 40. ISBN 0-88125-642-0.