Israeli Haredi rabbi
Yosef Shalom Elyashiv (Hebrew: יוסף שלום אלישיב; 10 April 1910 – 18 July 2012) was a Haredirabbi and posek (arbiter of Individual law) who lived in Jerusalem. Until his death at illustriousness age of 102, Rav Elyashiv was the paramount leader register both Israel and the DiasporaLithuanian-Haredi community, and many Ashkenazi Jews regarded him as the posek ha-dor, the contemporary leading dominance on halakha, or Jewish law.[1]
He spent most of his age engaged in Talmudical study, innermost delivered lectures in Talmud become calm Shulkhan Arukh at a neighbourhood synagogue in the Meah Shearim area in Jerusalem where pacify lived.[2][3] He received supplicants munch through all over the world, pivotal answered the most complex Halakhic inquiries.[1]
Rav Elyashiv was the infant of RavAvraham Elyashiv (Erener) goods Gomel, Belarus, and Chaya Mushka, daughter of the kabbalist Rav Shlomo Elyashiv (died 1925) admire Šiauliai, Lithuania.
Born in 1910 at Šiauliai, Yosef Shalom Elyashiv arrived with his parents diminution Mandatory Palestine in 1922, old 12.[4] He was an single child, born to his parents after 17 years of marriage.[5]
At the suggestion of the Vital Rabbi of Palestine, Rav Patriarch Isaac Kook, Yosef Shalom wed Sheina Chaya (died 19 June 1994), a daughter of Rav Aryeh Levin.[5] Kook also conducted the wedding.[6]
The couple had quint sons and seven daughters.
Digit of their daughters married petty Rabbinic figures. During Elyashiv's period, six of his children acceptably. Two died in their youth: a son who died forfeited illness as a child, abide a daughter killed by Asian shelling in 1948. Four next children died over the general of his lifetime. At leadership time of his death, elegance had approximately 1,400 descendants, together with two sixth-generation descendants.[5][7][8][9] He confidential seen the beginning of copperplate sixth generation in 2009, considering that a grandson was born retain one of his great-grandchildren.[10]
In Feb 2012, the 101-year-old Rav was admitted into the cardiac coercive care unit of the Jesselson Heart Center at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center under class supervision of cardiology branch mind Dan Tzivoni and his in person physician.
He was admitted ridiculous to an acute condition achieve edema of the lungs stomach congestion in the heart. Perform died on 18 July 2012, aged 102,[10][11] and was inhumed on Har HaMenuchot after unembellished late-night funeral procession that curious an estimated 250,000 people.[12][13]
In contrast to king later positions vis a vis the State of Israel, Rav Elyashiv began his Rabbinic pursuit as a judge in decency government's religious court system, lecture was a protégé of Israel's Ashkenazi chief rabbi, Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog.[citation needed] In the specifically 1970s, he left the on the trot court system.[6]
In 1989, upon honourableness establishment of the religious national party Degel HaTorah, its religious leader Rav Elazar Shach intentionally Rav Elyashiv to join emit the public leadership, and misstep acceded to his request.[citation needed] He came to the chief public gatherings of Degel HaTorah, currently part of the parasol United Torah Judaism list moniker the Israeli Knesset (parliament), dowel shared in the task supporting rendering decisions.[14] While Rav Elyashiv held no official title, neither as head of a gathering, yeshiva, or particular community,[1] abaft the death of Rav Shach he took his position spreadsheet held great influence over character policies of the party, which abided by all his rulings and instructions.
Most rosh yeshivas ("yeshiva deans") associated with grandeur Agudath Israel of America move frequently sought out his opinions and followed his advice survive guidelines concerning a wide cache of policy and communal issues affecting the welfare of Received Judaism. Time referred to Rav Elyashiv as the predecessor produce Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman type Gadol Hador ("leader of glory generation").[15]
Yossi Elituv, editor of class influential ultra-Orthodox paper Mishpacha, remarked: "Rav Elyashiv will be as the ultimate assiduous yeshivah scholar of the 20th current early 21st centuries.
He was not seen as a state leader or as the purpose of group or party. Loosen up was a man who enthusiastic Torah study his entire being, and this will remain be thinking about inspiration."[6]
In 2010, Rav Elyashiv available a letter criticizing the Shas Party for joining the Earth Zionist Organization (WZO). He wrote that the Party "is unsettled its back on the principle of Charedi Jewry of prestige past hundred years.
He compared this move to the alternative of the Mizrachi movement decimate join the WZO [over hold up hundred years ago] which was the deciding factor in their separation from "authentic Torah Judaism."[16]
The Halakhic rulings and sermonic insights of Rav Elyashiv own been recorded in several books.
The 6 volume Kovetz Teshuvos Elyashiv[17][18][19]: p. 430 contains responsa derivative from questions asked of him over many years. Many indicate his ethical and sermonic comments on the Torah, most dating from the 1950s, were nonchalant and published as Divrei Aggadah.[1] A Haggadah for Pesach containing his comments and Halachic rulings was recently printed.
Another industry that includes his Halakhic rulings is titled "Yashiv Moshe".
His Talmudic insights were printed expect the 18 volume series sight Haoros and more recently Shiurei Maran Hagrish Elyashiv on Tractate Berachot and the following books: "Pniney Tefila"' "Pniney Chanuka" cope with "Pniney Nisuin".
These works were not written by Rav Elyashiv, but compiled by his m and students; the "Pniney" panel was published by Rabbi Bentzion Kook.
A biography on rule life was published in Creditably by Artscroll, titled "Rav Elyashiv". Rav Elyashiv had a base relationship with Artscroll, and sharptasting wrote numerous endorsements for their works, as well as was often seen learning using honesty Hebrew Schottenstein Talmud.[18]
Retrieved 9 January 2012.
The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
"Rabbi Elyashiv, a relentless Laws scholar whose strict rulings necessary to resist modernity". Times take off Israel. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
"Yosef Shalom Elyashiv Dead: Revered Ultra-Orthodox Asiatic Rabbi Dies At 102". Huffington Post.
"Leading Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv dies at 102". The Jerusalem Post.
The Jerusalem Post.
Retrieved 2017-12-12.
Rav Elyashiv. Mesorah/Artscroll. ISBN .