Shlomo Eliyahu Miller is a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages).
Miller is the head of the Beis Din of the Va'ad Harabonim of Lakewood (Association of Rabbis) of Lakewood, NJ and heads a Kollel there as well.[ Rav Shlomo Miller to spend Shabbos in Lakewood ] He is a close friend of Rabbi Avraham Bromberg. Miller is a strong opponent of any weakening of the rule of Halakha (Rabbinic law).
Personal life
Rabbinic history
Miller learned in the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore and was a close talmid (student) of
Rav Aaron Kotler.
He began deciding Halachic disputes after
Rav Moshe Feinstein began referring
halakhic disputes to him. He founded
Kollel Toronto along with
Rav Yaakov Hirschman in 1970.
Works
Shoshanas Yisroel on Hilchos
Purim.
Shabbos Shlomo on Hilchos Shabbos.
Some major rulings and statements
Shabbos mode ovens
Miller was a signatory to the ruling forbidding changing the temperature of
Shabbos Mode ovens on
Jewish holidays.
Slifkin controversy
Miller wrote a letter voicing his support of the controversial ban of
Natan Slifkin books by a number of prominent rabbis.
[ A letter of admonishment regarding N. Slifkin's opinions ] His defense of the rabbis and the ban was itself controversial, as evidenced by the responses it generated.
[ See ] Miller and Slifkin met in Toronto in December 2007. Slifkin reported that, despite their "strong disagreements", they had "a very pleasant conversation" in "a nice, polite atmosphere." Slifkin noted, however, that nothing was resolved.
Techeiles debate
Miller investigated the claim that the sea snail
Murex trunculus was the source of the biblical
techeiles. In a letter on the subject, he wrote that he believes that there are several Talmudic proofs that the
Murex is not the creature from which
techeiles is produced, and that the evidence in support of the claim is insufficient to overcome these points.
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] R' Yisroel Barkin authored a comprehensive disputation of Miller's letter.
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