Asher Arieli

Rabbi Asher Arieli (born 1957) is the senior lecturer at Yeshivas Mir in Israel. He is globally renowned for his lectures on Talmud and is widely recognized as a Gadol in his own right. He presently delivers the largest Talmudic lecture by attendance in the world with 1000 daily attendees. His primary, daily shiur begins at about 6:00pm and is streamed live at kolhaloshon.com.

Rabbi Asher Arieli
R' Asher
TitleRabbi Asher Arieli
Personal
Born1957
Bnei Brak, Israel
ReligionJudaism
Nationality Israel
DenominationOrthodox
PositionSenior Lecturer
YeshivaMir Yeshiva
ResidenceJerusalem, Israel

Family life

Rabbi Asher Arieli is married to the daughter of Hagaon Rabbi Nachum Partzovitz, the late Rosh Yeshiva of Mir. Rabbi Arieli is the son of Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Arieli, author of Be'er Yaakov (באר יעקב). Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Arieli was the son of Rabbi Yitzhak Arieli, author of Einaim L'Mishpat (עינים למשפט) and Mashgiach Ruchani of Mercaz HaRav. Rabbi Mordechai Ilan, the son-in-law of Rabbi Yitzhak Arieli is Reb Asher's paternal uncle. Reb Chaim Yaakov's wife[1] is the sister of Rabbi Moishe Sternbuch, as is the wives of Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik and Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu making the three Rabbis his uncles. Reb Asher's brother Rabbi Shlomo Arieli is the author of a critical edition of the novellae of Rabbi Akiva Eiger.

Before his marriage, Rabbi Arieli studied in the Ponevezh Yeshiva headed by Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky, and he later studied under his father-in-law in the Mirrer Yeshiva.

Rabbi Arieli lives in the Sanhedria Murhevet neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel where he has also been active in a movement to establish Rabbinic overseeing of the rent control there after an inadequate supply of rental units caused prices to rise substantially in a very short time period.

Lectures
Rabbi Arieli at a siyum

The following is a partial list of Reb Asher's set lecture:

  • Shiur is his daily lecture on the Talmudic Tractate officially learned in Mir (Yiddish).
  • Monday and Thursday Chaburos are twice-weekly lectures on the Talmudic Tractate officially learned in Mir (Hebrew)
  • Thursday night Chabura is an exclusive lecture expounding on the shiur delivered in Reb Asher's home to a select group of senior students.
  • Tuesday night and Friday morning shiur (on talmudic tractate) given in Tifferet Tzvi, yeshiva haredit for Religious Zionist students.

Additionally, Reb Asher has delivered guest lectures for such events as the Agudas Yisroel annual Yarchei Kallah.[2][3] The last eight years of Rabbi Arieli's lectures are available by telephone[4] and for download.[5]

Although Reb Asher's lectures are in Yiddish, his mother tongue is Hebrew and he only learnt Yiddish in order to understand the lectures which he heard in Yeshivas Mir.[6] Lectures in the Mir are often given in Yiddish.

Students

Several of Reb Asher's students, such as Rav Yoel Rabin, Rav Yehudah Wagshal, Rav Shmuli Wolman, Rav Yaakov Moshe Katz[7], Rav Binyomin Cohen, Hagaon HaRav Elimelech Reznick, R' Moshe Ahron Friedman, Rav Yosef Elefant and Rav Shamai Bernstein give lectures in Yeshivas Mir for English-speaking audiences, mainly in the Beis Yeshaya building of Mir. Rav Eitan Yaffan is another distinguished Talmud of Reb Asher. Rabbi Yechiel Spero, author of "Touched by a Story" considers himself a student of Reb Asher.[8]

Many of his students are now respected lecturers in yeshivas worldwide, including the USA and the UK.

Sources
  1. Meller, Shimon Yosef (1 January 2007). "The Brisker Rav: The Life and Times of Maran HaGaon ... Yitzchok Ze`ev HaLevi Soloveichik Zt"l : Including Stories of the Great City of Brisk from Its Establishment as a Torah Center Until Its Destruction During the Holocaust". Feldheim Publishers – via Google Books.
  2. theyeshivaworld.com
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2009-04-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Scharf, Menasche (2001-12-27). "Our Little Corner: Local and other news round up - Read all about it here". Our Little Corner. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  5. Rabbi Arieli's downloadable lectures on Kol HaLashon
  6. "Avodah V3 #20". www.aishdas.org.
  7. http://ravyaakovmoshekatz.com/
  8. Spero, Yechiel (2003-01-01). Touched by a Story: Inspiring Stories Retold by a Master Teacher. Mesorah Publications. ISBN 9781578193820.

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