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Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz
Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz
1906 CE–1993 CE · Modern · Jerusalem
After studying under Rabbi Shimon Shkop in Grodno, Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz served as the community rabbi of Suwałki, Poland, earning the title 'the Suvalker Rav.' He escaped Nazi-occupied Europe via Japan and arrived in the United States in 1941, joining the faculty of Yeshiva Rabbi Isaac Elchanan (RIETS) three years later. For nearly five decades, he was a prominent rosh yeshiva there, influencing thousands of students with his analytical shiurim and personal warmth. Posthumous collections of his teachings were published in works such as *Shiurei Rav Dovid Lifshitz*.
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MinskמינסקBelarus — Litvish Torah capital
What they did here
Born in Minsk, Russia.
About Minsk
Minsk hosted one of the largest Litvish Jewish communities in the Russian Empire. R. Yerucham Yehuda Leib Perlman (Gadol of Minsk, 1835-1896) served as its chief rabbi; the city also produced the founders of the Mussar movement and major roshei yeshiva of the next century.