Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch | |
|---|---|
 Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Milton Hirsch (1936-10-26) October 26, 1936 New York City, U.S. |
| Spouse | Avigail Shulman |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
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| Occupation | Rosh Yeshiva |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Rabbi Mordechai Shulman |
| Position | Rosh Yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Yeshivas Slabodka |
| Residence | Bnei Brak, Israel |
| Semikhah | Beth Medrash Govoha |
Moshe Hillel Hirsch (Hebrew: משה הלל הירש; born Milton Hirsch, October 26, 1936) is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Slabodka in Bnei Brak,[1] Israel.
Rabbinic career
In 1982, after the death of his father-in-law Mordechai Shulman, he was appointed head of the Slabodka yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel, alongside his brother-in-law Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Shulman and Rabbi Amram Zaks. Other heads of the yeshiva appointed include Rabbi Dov Landau and Rabbi Baruch Rosenberg.
Hirsch is very involved in the halakhic leadership of Haredi Judaism.[2] Despite living in Israel, Hirsch is quite well known on the haredi rabbinical speaking circuit in America[3][4][5] Hirsch eulogized Noach Weinberg, well known for founding Aish Hatorah, for an English-speaking audience.[6]
Hirsch leads the 'HaMeshivim' organization, supporting hundreds of avrechim (young married scholars) in Lithuanian yeshivas across Israel, and guides the Lev Shomea organization for struggling youth.
Close to Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman, he was appointed to the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages) of Degel HaTorah in 2012 and is increasingly involved in public and educational matters, including the establishment of yeshivas and issues of yeshiva students' engagement with society.
Early life and education
Hirsch was born October 26, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York City, to Romanian immigrants David and Malvina Hirsch[7] and was raised in the Borough Park neighborhood in Brooklyn together with his brother Elias and twin sisters Judith and Lila. He studied at Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood under the Talmudic tutelage of Rabbi Aharon Kotler.
Hirsch married Avigail Shulman in 1963,[8] and permanently moved to Israel[9] where he had two children.
References
- ^ Hamodia. Dec/5/12. p. D40.
- ^ "Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight - NEWS - Senior Officials of Upper Beitar". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ "Yeshivaworld News roundup 1/09/07 - Yeshiva World News". 9 January 2007.
- ^ "Slabodka Rosh Yeshiva in Los Angeles for Shabbos - Yeshiva World News". 15 June 2007.
- ^ "jewishbreakingnews".[dead link]
- ^ aish.com (9 May 2009). "Summary of Eulogies in English - text". aishcom. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ "1940 USA census".
- ^ "MiltonHirsch&AvigailShulmanMarriageLicenseNumber5281".
- ^ "Newcomer's Guide".
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