Rabbi Yitzchak HaLevi Herzog

1888 CE–1959 CE · Acharonim · Jerusalem

Rabbinic scholar and halachic authority, Rabbi Yitzchak HaLevi Herzog served as the first Chief Rabbi of Ireland and later as the inaugural Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel. He authored the multi-volume responsa collection *Heichal Yitzchak* along with *Main Institutions of Jewish Law* and *Techukah leYisrael al pi haTorah*, addressing halachic challenges of the modern state. In 1940 he founded the *Ozar ha-Posekim* digest of responsa and the Harry Fischel Institute for Research in Jewish Law to train dayyanim for Israel's rabbinical courts.

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Lomza (Łomża)לומזאNortheast Poland — Litvish yeshiva town

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Born on December 3, 1888, in Łomża, Poland, to a rabbinic family.

About Lomza (Łomża)

Lomza housed the renowned Lomza Yeshiva, founded in 1883 by R. Eliezer Shulevitz (Lev Eliezer), which trained generations of Polish-Litvish rabbis. Branches were established in Petach Tikvah (1926) and the Lomza Yeshiva of Petach Tikvah continues to this day.

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Shu"t Heichal Yitzchak

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Toras HaOhel

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