Rabbi
Shmuel Auerbach
Auerbach in 2013
Personal
Born
Shmuel Auerbach

(1931-09-21)September 21, 1931
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine
(now Jerusalem, Israel)
DiedFebruary 24, 2018(2018-02-24) (aged 86)
Jerusalem
ReligionJudaism
NationalityIsraeli
SpouseRachel (deceased)
Parent(s)Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Chaya Rivka Ruchamkin
PositionRosh Yeshiva
YeshivaYeshivas Ma'alos HaTorah
OrganisationJerusalem Faction
ResidenceSha'arei Hesed, Jerusalem

Shmuel Auerbach (Hebrew: שמואל אורבך) (September 21, 1931 – February 24, 2018)[1] was a Haredi rabbi in Jerusalem.[2] Rav Auerbach led a large portion of more radical elements of the non-Hasidic Haredi community. His followers formed a political party known as the Jerusalem Faction.[3] In 2013, as the Israeli government launched a campaign to draft Ultra Orthodox men into the IDF, the Jerusalem Faction adopted a controversial policy of demonstrations and incitement against efforts to draft Haredi men into military service.[4][5]

Biography

Rav Auerbach was the eldest son of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and his wife, Chaya Rivka Ruchamkin.[6] He was born in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sha'arei Hesed, as was his father.[6] He married Rachel Paksher[7] (d. 11 January 1990).[8] They had no children. He named his musar sefer Ohel Rachel in her memory. He resided in the Sha'arei Hesed neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Rabbinic career

Auerbach was the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Maalot HaTorah[6] and the Nasi (president) of Yeshivas Midrash Shmuel[9] and Yeshivas Toras Simcha,[10] both in Jerusalem. For a short time, he also served as one of the roshei yeshiva of Yeshivas Itri in Jerusalem.[11] He was the head of the Bnei Torah party (colloquially referred to as "Etz"), which he founded.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach dies at 86". 24 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Nahshoni, Kobi (13 October 2010). "Top rabbis: IDF conversions endorse gentiles as Jews". Ynetnews. Retrieved 4 January 2011..
  3. ↑ "Rav Shmuel Auerbach – beyond the headlines". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com.
  4. ↑ "Radical Haredi leader Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach dies suddenly". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com.
  5. ↑ "Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach, the leader of radical Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox sect, dies at 86". Haaretz.
  6. 1 2 3 Sofer, D. "Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt"l". Yated Ne'eman (United States). Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  7. ↑ Ginzburg, Eliezer ben Efrayim Mordekhai; Weinberger, Yosef; Scherman, Nosson (2007). Mishlei. Mesorah Publications, Ltd. p. 667. ISBN 978-1-4226-0590-5.
  8. ↑ Geller, Shalom Yosef; Rubin, Yitzchak Mordechai (2003). Orchos Shabbat – Part One (in Hebrew). Machon Hadarat Yerushalayim. Dedication page.
  9. ↑ "Who's Who in Midrash Shmuel". Aliyos Shmuel. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Yeshivas Toras Simcha" (PDF). torassimcha.org. December 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  11. ↑ Greenwald, Avi (11 August 2009). "Baruch Dayan Emes: Rosh Yeshivas Itri ztz'l". Tog News. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
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