Yerucham Olshin

Yerucham Olshin

Rabbi Olshin (right) with Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum at a simcha
Position Rosh yeshiva
Yeshiva Beth Medrash Govoha
Personal details
Birth name Yerucham Olshin
Spouse Shalva Schwartzman[1]

Yerucham Olshin is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and one of the rosh yeshivas (deans) of Beth Medrash Govoha,[2][3] an Orthodox yeshiva located in Lakewood, New Jersey.[4] The other rosh yeshivas are Rabbis Malkiel Kotler, Yisroel Neuman,[5] and Dovid Schustal; they divide up the times they present shiurim (Torah lectures) to students in the numerous battei medrash (study halls) on the Lakewood campus.[3]

Rabbi Olshin is married to the daughter of Rav Dov Schwartzman,[6] who is a granddaughter of the founder of the yeshiva, Rabbi Aharon Kotler.

He is a Radziner Hasid.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Rav Dov Schwartzman, zt"l". matzav.com. 7 November 2011. http://matzav.com/rav-dov-schwartzman-ztl. Retrieved 7 November 2011. 
  2. ^ Davidson, Aryeh (24 March 2007). "Breaking the Barriers". Ohr Somayach International. http://ohr.edu/this_week/s_p_e_c_i_a_l_s/3067. Retrieved 16 January 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Goldberg, Rabbi Hillel. "The Traffic is Edgy, Rav Olshin Is Not". Yated Ne'eman, 12 October 2011, pp. 70–71.
  4. ^ Helmreich, William B. (2000). The World of the Yeshiva: An intimate portrait of Orthodox Jewry. Ktav Publishing House. p. 40. ISBN 0-88125-642-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=lFvQ79N9vIAC&pg=PA48&dq=beth+medrash+govoha&hl=en&ei=ZX8zTfawF5aK4gaww7TGCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=beth%20medrash%20govoha&f=false. 
  5. ^ Tannenbaum, Rabbi Gershon (7 October 2009). "Yeshiva Torah Vodaath Evening In Lakewood". The Jewish Press. http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/41014/. Retrieved 17 January 2011. 
  6. ^ "Rav Dov Schwartzman, zt"l". matzav.com. 7 November 2011. http://matzav.com/rav-dov-schwartzman-ztl. Retrieved 7 November 2011. 
  7. ^ Rabinowi, Rabbi Nosson Dovid (3 June 2009). "My Friend, My Chavrusa: The Radziner Rebbe, HaRav Yaakov Lainer". Five Towns Jewish Times. https://www.5tjt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4701:my-friend-my-chavrusa:-the-radziner-rebbe-harav-yaakov-lainer. Retrieved 16 January 2011.