Shmuel Auerbach

Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach
Auerbach in 2013
Position Rosh Yeshiva
Yeshiva Yeshivas Ma'alos HaTorah
Organisation Etz
Personal details
Birth name Shmuel Auerbach
Born (1931-09-21)September 21, 1931
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine
(now Jerusalem, Israel)
Died February 24, 2018(2018-02-24) (aged 86)
Jerusalem
Nationality Israeli
Residence Sha'arei Hesed, Jerusalem
Parents Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Chaya Rivka Ruchamkin
Spouse Rachel (deceased)

Shmuel Auerbach (Hebrew: שמואל אורבך‬) (September 21, 1931 – February 24, 2018)[1] was a Haredi rabbi in Jerusalem, Israel.[2] Auerbach led a large portion of more radical elements of the non Hasidic haredi community. His followers were known colloquially as "the Jerusalem faction".[3] In 2013, as the Israeli government launched a campaign to draft Ultra Orthodox men into the IDF, the Jerusalem Faction adopted a controversial policy of demonstrations and incitement against efforts to draft Haredi men into military service.[4][5]

Biography

Auerbach was the eldest son of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and his wife, Chaya Rivka Ruchamkin.[6] He was born in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sha'arei Hesed, as was his father.[6] He married Rachel Paksher[7] (d. 11 January 1990).[8] They had no children. He named his musar sefer Ohel Rachel in her memory. He resided in the Sha'arei Hesed neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Rabbinic career

Auerbach was the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Maalot HaTorah[6] and the Nasi (president) of Yeshivas Midrash Shmuel[9] and Yeshivas Toras Simcha,[10] both in Jerusalem. For a short time, he also served as one of the roshei yeshiva of Yeshivas Itri in Jerusalem.[11] He was the head of the Bnei Torah party (colloquially referred to as "Etz"), which he founded.

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/242351
  2. ↑ "Top rabbis: IDF conversions endorse gentiles as Jews". Ynetnews. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011. .
  3. ↑ http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Rav-Shmuel-Auerbach-beyond-the-headlines-544018
  4. ↑ http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Radical-haredi-leader-Rabbi-Shmuel-Auerbach-dies-suddenly-543524
  5. ↑ https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/rabbi-auerbach-the-leader-of-jerusalem-s-ultra-orthodox-dies-at-86-1.5846321
  6. 1 2 3 Sofer, D. "Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt"l". Yated Ne'eman (United States). Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  7. ↑ Ginzburg, Eliezer ben Efrayim Mordekhai; Weinberger, Yosef; Scherman, Nosson (2007). Mishlei. Mesorah Publications, Ltd. p. 667. ISBN 1-4226-0590-6.
  8. ↑ Geller, Shalom Yosef; Rubin, Yitzchak Mordechai (2003). Orchos Shabbat – Part One (in Hebrew). Machon Hadarat Yerushalayim. Dedication page.
  9. ↑ "Who's Who in Midrash Shmuel". Aliyos Shmuel. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Yeshivas Toras Simcha" (PDF). torassimcha.org. Chanukah 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2010. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ↑ Greenwald, Avi (11 August 2009). "Baruch Dayan Emes: Rosh Yeshivas Itri ztz'l". Tog News. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
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