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Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
1910 CE–2012 CE · Modern · Lithuania
R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv (1910–2012) was a leading Litvish halakhic authority of the twentieth century, based in Jerusalem. Born in Šiauliai, Lithuania, he studied at the Slabodka Yeshiva and later became rosh yeshiva and a revered posek consulted on matters of Jewish law throughout the diaspora. Elyashiv was known for his extraordinary erudition in Talmud and halakhic sources and for his careful, principled approach to ruling on contemporary issues. His Torah rulings were recorded by his students in the multi-volume He'arot and Kovetz Teshuvot, and he served as a spiritual leader to the non-Hasidic Lithuanian yeshiva world until his death at 102. His decisions shaped modern Orthodox practice on kashrut, Shabbat, and numerous questions of applied Jewish law.
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Born in Lithuania on April 10, 1910, he was the only child of parents who had been married for seventeen years.
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Ba'al HaLeshem, Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, Alter of Slabodka, Zalman Sender Kahana-Shapiro, Dor Revi'i, Minhat Yehuda, Zelig Reuven Bangis, Rav Kook, Moshe Mordechai Epstein, Imrei Emes, Yehuda Leib Chasman, Isser Zalman Meltzer, Yaakov Chaim Sofer (Kaf HaChaim), Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky, Yechiel Michel Tukatchinsky, Yisrael Zev Mintzberg, Tzvi Pesach Frank, Yitzchak Isaac Sher
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Kovetz Teshuvotקובץ תשובות
Jerusalem · 2000
Collection of responsa on halakhic matters across all sections of Jewish law, reflecting R. Elyashiv's authoritative pesak as one of the leading Lithuanian authorities of the late 20th century.
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Divrei Aggadotדברי אגדות
Jerusalem · 2000
Insights and interpretations on aggadic passages in the Talmud and rabbinic literature.
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