Gershon Yankelewitz
Gershon Yankelewitz (November 23, 1909 – August 19, 2014) was a senior rosh yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University.[1] He served as an educator at that institution since the 1950s. He also gave a daily Torah lecture between Mincha and Maariv at the Young Israel of Pelham Parkway in Bronx Park East, New York.
Life
Yankelewitz was born in Lubcha,[2] present day Belarus. Prior to World War II Yankelewitz studied at the Mir Yeshiva (Belarus) and was considered a Talmid Muvhak (special student) of Rabbi Yerucham Levovitz, the Mashgiach of Mir. Yankelewitz also studied in Raduń Yeshiva, where he developed a close relationship with Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (known as the Chofetz Chaim). He was one of the last remaining original Mirrer students, or "Alter Mirrers".[3][4][5][6] Eventually he immigrated to the United States. There he was appointed by Rabbi Norman Lamm's predecessor, President Samuel Belkin, as a Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. This was an unusual exception to the established norm, which stipulated that only college graduates were to be Roshei Yeshiva in YU.[7]
A son of Yanklewitz married a daughter of Rabbi Gershon Wiesenfeld. In April 2010 Yankelewitz's wife, Bluma, died.[8] A notice about her death and condolence wishes from the administration of YU was published in The New York Times.[9]
References
- ^ "Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary". Archived from the original on 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- ^ "New York - Rabbi Gershon Yankelewitz: From Radin To The Mir To Yeshiva University". vosizneias.com. 2014-08-26.
- ^ "Beard « YWN Coffee Room". Theyeshivaworld.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ "Rav Shamshon Brodsky to Spend Several Weeks in Toronto » Matzav.com - The Online Voice of Torah Jewry". Matzav.com. 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ "Lawrence, NY - One The Last Talmidim Of Mirrer Yeshiva: Rav Yakov Nayman, Z"L Passes Away At 100". Vosizneias.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ "Rav Chaim Pruzansky z"l » Matzav.com - The Online Voice of Torah Jewry". Matzav.com. 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ [1] Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Rebbetzin Bluma Yankelowitz a"h » Matzav.com - The Online Voice of Torah Jewry". Matzav.com. 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ "Paid Notice - Deaths YANKELEWITZ, REBBETZIN BLUMA". The New York Times. 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- Lectures from Rabbi Yankelowitz (YU Torah Online)
External links
- Gershon Yankelewitz at yu.edu
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