Zelik Epstein

Zelik Epstein, also known as Zelig Epstein (full name Aharon Zelig Epstein) (July 10, 1914[1] – August 3, 2009), was a prominent[2] Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah-Grodno, a private Talmudical institution in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York,[3] containing a high school, Beis Midrash, and Kollel. Epstein was considered by many to be the last of the Gedolim of his generation.[4]

  1. ^ Billion Graves
  2. ^ William B. Helmreich. "The World of the Yeshiva: An Intimate Portrait of Orthodox Jewry" New York: Free Press, 1982, page xix
  3. ^ 50states.com
  4. ^ See, e.g. Hamodia Magazine, October 21, 2009, p.3.