Ephraim Greenblatt

Rabbi Ephraim Greenblatt (1932-2014) was a halachic authority in the United States, and at the end of his life in Jerusalem. He was famous for his many halachic answers.[1]

Biography

Greenblatt was born in 1932[2][3] to Rabbi Avraham Baruch and Aliza[4] Greenblatt, the oldest of eleven children.[5] His grandfathers were Yitzchak Greenblatt and Chanoch Birenstock. The former was from Brisk and the latter from Lodz.

Poverty, being the oldest of 11 children, and a suggestion from his father's father[4] brought him to America and Rav Feinstein's Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem (MTJ);[6] he also concurrently served as rabbi of a small congregation.[2]

In 1952, when Rav Moshe Feinstein was asked by the Memphis community to provide someone to help strengthen their community, Greenblatt was sent. He served there for 58 years as a local rabbi, Av Beit Din, Rosh Yeshiva, Rosh Kollel, educator, shochet and mohel,[7][8] at which point he returned to Israel, three years before his death.

Family

His wife Miriam died in 2002. They are survived by two sons, both rabbis, and three daughters.[6] He saw grandchildren and great-grandchildren.[2]

Works

  • Shailos Uteshuvos Rivevos Ephraim (10 volumes, on Halacha)[6][2]
  • Rivevos Ephraim Al Hatorah (2 volumes)
  • Revivos V’Yovlos (also 2 volumes)
  • and numerous teshuvos[2] and articles published in Torah journals and other publications[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Shlomo Aviner. "Ha-Rav Ha-Gaon R' Ephraim Greenblatt from Yerushalayim ztz"l".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Harav Ephraim Greenblatt, zt"l - Longtime Rav of Memphis, Tennessee". January 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ Sivan 5692
  4. 1 2 Noam Amdurski (January 3, 2014). "The Rivevos Ephraim, Rav Ephraim Greenblatt zt"l". matzav.com.
  5. ↑ C.B. Gavant (February 5, 2014). "In a Class of his Own".
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Ephraim Greenblatt ZT"L". TheYeshivaWorld.com.
  7. ↑ see how Rabbi Greenblatt, who had been the mohel for a baby, now, 25 years later, helped facilitate the wedding of this not-yet-fully-religious former U.S. Marine
  8. ↑ "A Prayer Is Answered". aish.com.
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