Henoch Leibowitz

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Alter Chanoch Henoch Leibowitz
Henoch Leibowitz
In office
December 7, 1941 – April 15, 2008
Preceded by Rabbi Dovid Leibowitz
Succeeded by Rabbi Dovid Harris and Rabbi Akiva Grunblatt
Born June 2, 1918(1918-06-02).[1]
Selechnik[2]
Died April 15, 2008 (aged 89)
New York
Nationality American

Alter Chanoch Henoch Leibowitz (June 2, 1918[1] – April 15, 2008) was an Orthodox rabbi who was rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim: Rabbinical Seminary of America, which was founded by his father Rabbi Dovid Leibowitz in 1933.

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Rabbi Henoch Leibowitz was born in 1918 in Selechnik[2] and was the only only son of Rabbi Dovid Leibowitz. Rabbi Henoch came to America in 1926 when his father was hired by Mesivta Torah Vodaath as a teacher. In 1933 Rabbi Dovid left Torah Vodaath and founded Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim: Rabbinical Seminary of America. His father's death in 1941 left him in charge of the fledgling Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim while still in his early 20s, and he spent the rest of his life leading the yeshiva to a prominent place in American Orthodox Jewish life while building a network of Torah institutions across the United States and Israel.

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  1. ^ a b This was the date listed on his passport. (Greenwald, Shlomo. "Rabbi Henoch Leibowitz, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim, dies", The Jewish Press, 2008-04-18. Retrieved on 2008-04-23. )
  2. ^ a b This was a town on the border between Lithuania and Poland near Kovno(Greenwald, Shlomo. "Rabbi Henoch Leibowitz, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim, dies", The Jewish Press, 2008-04-18. Retrieved on 2008-04-23. )

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