Yaakov Yitzchok Ezrachi (Hebrew: יצחק אזרחי; born August 1933) is a Rosh Yeshiva (dean) at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem.[1]
Rabbi Yitzchok Ezrachi | |
|---|---|
 Rabbi Ezrachi at Mir Yeshiva on Purim 2011. | |
| Title | Rosh Yeshiva in Mir |
| Personal | |
| Born | Yitzchok Ezrachi |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Spouse | Rivka Ezrachi, daughter of Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz[1] |
| Denomination | Haredi |
| Position | Rov |
| Synagogue | Shul in Mattesdorf |
| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem) |
| Residence | Jerusalem, Israel |
Early life and education
editEzrachi was born in Jerusalem to Yisrael Ezrachi and Hinda. His mother was the daughter of Baruch Shlom, a graduate of the Knesses Yisrael Yeshiva in Slobodka who served as a rabbi in South Africa and was the grandson of Uri David Apiryon, rabbi of Žagarė in Lithuania and author of the book Apiryon David. He studied at the Mir Yeshiva.
Career
editSince 1979, he has served as one of the rosh yeshivas of the Mir Yeshiva, next to Eliezer Yehuda Finkel.[1]
In 2024, Ezrachi travelled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to speak about the Torah to an audience of seven thousand.[2]
Family
editEzrachi was married to Rivka, a daughter of Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz, also a former Rosh Yeshiva at the Mirrer Yeshiva.[1] Rivka died in 2019.[3]
Ezrachi's brother was Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, another prominent Haredi rabbi.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Frankfurter, Yitzchok (1 October 2017). "A Visit to the Home of Rav Yitzchok & Rebbetzin Rivka Ezrachi // Remembering A Torah & Mussar Giant". Ami Magazine. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Gold, Chaim (28 March 2024). "Unprecedented Achdus and Adulation as South American Jewry Participates in Largest Torah Event". The Jewish Link. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
the venerated senior Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Yitzchok Ezrachi, rose to address the crowd. The adulation was palpable. Everyone understood that this nonagenarian Rosh Yeshiva had traveled literally across the world and the hemisphere at his advanced age just to give them chizuk
- ^ "BDE: Rebbetzin Rivka Ezrachi, A"h, Wife of Rav Yitzchok Ezrachi Of Yeshivas Mir-Yerushalayim". Baltimore Jewish Life. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "PHOTOS: Rav Yitzchok Ezrachi arrives in Lakewood ahead of Mir dinner". The Lakewood Scoop. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
External links
edit- Audio: Talmudic Lectures by Rabbi Yitzchok Ezrachi
- Audio: Rosh Chodesh Elul in Yeshivas Mir (5768)
- Video: Ezrachi delivering a lecture on Sukkos 2009 in Mir Yeshiva (Part 1, Part 2)
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