Shmuel Rozovsky (; 1913–1979) was Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel.
Biography
Early life
Rozovsky was born in
Grodno, where his father Michel Dovid Rozovsky was the chief rabbi.
His mother Sara Pearl was the daughter of Avraham Gelburd, the previous rabbi of Grodno.
He studied at the local Grodno Yeshiva and was student of Shimon Shkop. He also studied with Yisroel Zev Gustman.
In 1935, after the death of his father, to escape being drafted into the Polish army, Rozovsky fled to British-ruled Palestine, where he studied in the Lomzha Yeshivah in Petach Tikvah, married the daughter of Tzvi Pesach Frank (Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem) and taught in the Lomzha Yeshiva.
Ponevezh Yeshiva
In 1944, he became
Rosh Yeshiva of the newly opened Ponovezh Yeshivah in
Bnei Barak.
Rozovsky placed a strong emphasis on Talmudic skills, and also stressed personal perfection
and
Jewish ethics,
as well as the need to study other facets of
Torah including Chumash with the commentaries of
Rashi and
Nachmanides.
His students included:
Works
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Chiddushei Rabbi Shmuel
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Shiurei Rabbi Shmuel
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Zichron Shmuel
