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