Minskמינסק
Belarus — Litvish Torah capital
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.
12 teachers
Teachers who lived here
- שא
The Sha'agat Aryeh
R. Aryeh Leib Ginzberg (Sha'agat Aryeh) (1695–1785)
rabbinate 1720–1750
- אדה״ז
The Baal HaTanya
Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1813)
custom 1802
Rabbi Dovid Tavele
Rabbi Dovid Tavele (1794–1861)
death 1849–1861
- חח
The Chofetz Chaim
Israel Meir Kagan (Chafetz Chaim) (1838–1933)
rabbinate 1864–1869
Rabbi Eliezer Gordon
Rabbi Eliezer Gordon (1841–1910)
birth 1841
Ba'al HaLeshem
Rabbi Shlomo Elyashiv (1841–1926)
study 1854–1860
Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz
Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz (1864–1939)
study 1915–1918
Rabbi Avraham Dov Ber Kahana Shapiro
Rabbi Avraham Dov Ber Kahana Shapiro (1870–1943)
study 1888–1890
Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Sher
Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Sher (1875–1952)
rabbinate 1914–1918
Rabbi Reuven Grozovsky
Rabbi Reuven Grozovsky (1886–1958)
birth 1886
R. Yaakov Kamenetsky
Yaakov Kamenetsky (Emet L'Yaakov) (1891–1986)
study 1902
Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz
Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz (1906–1993)
birth 1906