Moshe Hillel Hirsch

Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Slabodka in Bnei Brak,[1] Israel. He is a native of the United States who studied at Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood under the Talmudic tutelage of Rabbi Aharon Kotler.

He is the son-in-law of Rabbi Mordechai Shulman, whom he succeeded as Rosh Yeshiva in Yeshivas Slabodka, who was the son-in-law of Rabbi Issac Sher, who was the son-in-law of the Alter of Slabodka.

Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch is very involved in the halachic leadership of Haredi Judaism.[2] Despite living in Israel, Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch is quite well known on the Haredi rabbinical speaking circuit in America[3][4][5] Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch eulogized Rabbi Noach Weinberg, well known for founding Aish Hatorah.[6][7] for an English-speaking audience.

References

  1. ↑ Hamodia. Dec/5/12. p. D40.
  2. ↑ http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5759/ach_ked/AKruling.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=4536
  4. ↑ http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=7762
  5. ↑ http://jewishbreakingnews.blogspot.com/2007/06/friday-06152007-2.html
  6. ↑ http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/38149/
  7. ↑ http://www.aish.com/rebNoach/eulogies/Summary_of_Eulogies_in_English.asp

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