Achiezer
Vilna (Vilnius) · 1922
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Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
1863 CE–1940 CE · Modern · Iuje
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863–1940) was the leading halakhic authority of Eastern European Jewry in the early twentieth century and the undisputed gadol hador of his generation. Born in Iwye (Ivye), near Vilna, and eventually settling in Vilna, he became the rabbi of the Shaarei Teshuvah congregation and the spiritual head of the Lithuanian Jewish community. Renowned for his encyclopedic knowledge of Talmud and Codes, he was consulted on questions of Jewish law from throughout the diaspora. He was also a fierce defender of traditional Judaism against both secularization and modernist movements, yet maintained respectful relationships with leading scholars across ideological lines. His published responsa, Achiezer, remain authoritative texts in halakhic literature. He died of illness in Vilna on August 9, 1940.
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Born in 1863 in the small Belarusian town of Iuje near Vilna, into a family in which his father and grandfather had both held rabbinic posts.
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Achiezerאחיעזר
Vilna (Vilnius) · 1912
Three-volume responsa collection (Shut Achiezer) covering all areas of Jewish law, reflecting Grodzinski's rulings as the leading posek of Vilna and Eastern European Jewry.
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Shut Achiezer (additional volumes)שו״ת אחיעזר
Vilna (Vilnius) · 1938
Fourth and fifth volumes of responsa published near the end of Grodzinski's life, continuing his comprehensive treatment of contemporary halakhic questions.
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Related figuresיפYerucham PerlaRChaim BriskerנצNetzivהגVilna GaonחחChofetz ChaimRElazar Menachem Man ShachCChaim Elazar Shapira of MunkácsאקAharon KotlerעיOvadia YosefSuggested by shared subject matter, not a documented teaching relationship.