Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (born 1965)
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Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (also called Leizer Yudel Finkel) [1] is a Haredi Jewish rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem,[2][3] which is considered to be the largest yeshiva in Israel with a student body of 9,500 students.[4]
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September 16, 1965
Rachel Leah Finkel
Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel אליעזר יהודה פינקל | |
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Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (December 2015) | |
| Title | Rosh Yeshivas Mir |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Eliezer Yehuda Finkel September 16, 1965 |
| Parent(s) | Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel Rachel Leah Finkel |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Haredi |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel |
| Synagogue | Mir Yeshiva Jerusalem |
| Yeshiva | Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem) |
| Organisation | Mir Yeshiva Jerusalem |
| Began | 2011 |
| Residence | Jerusalem, Israel |
He acceded to the position of rosh yeshiva after his father, Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, died suddenly on 8 November 2011.[5]
Biography
Finkel was named after his maternal great-grandfather, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, who became rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir yeshiva in Poland in 1917 and re-established the yeshiva in Jerusalem during World War II while the main body of the yeshiva was in exile in the Far East. His great-great-grandfather was the Mussar movement leader Nosson Tzvi Finkel.
