Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (Mir Jerusalem rosh yeshiva)

For the dean of the Mir yeshiva in Poland and Jerusalem, see Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (Mir rosh yeshiva, Poland and Jerusalem)

Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel
Rosh Yeshivas Mir
Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (left) speaking to Rabbi Refoel Partzovitz (right).
Position	Rosh yeshiva
Yeshiva	Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem)
Began	2011
Predecessor	Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel
Personal details
Birth name	Eliezer Yehuda Finkel
Nationality	Israeli
Denomination	Haredi
Residence	Jerusalem, Israel
Parents	Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel Rachel Leah Finkel

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 6,000 students.^[4] 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, known as "Reb Leizer Yudel", who became rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Poland in 1917 and re-established the yeshiva in Jerusalem during World War II whilst the main body of the Yeshiva was in exile in the Far East. His great-great-grandfather was the celebrated Mussar leader, the Alter of Slabodka.

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