Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv

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Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv was a preeminent 20th–21st century Lithuanian-Haredi rabbinic authority in Jerusalem, widely regarded as one of the leading halachic decisors (poskim) of his generation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Haredi Jew
Lithuanian-Haredi rabbinic authority
human
posek
rabbi
birthDate 1910-04-10
birthPlace Russian Empire
present-day Lithuania
Šiauliai
burialPlace Har HaMenuchot
Jerusalem
countryOfCitizenship Israel
deathDate 2012-07-18
deathPlace Jerusalem
describedAs one of the leading poskim of his generation
preeminent Lithuanian-Haredi rabbinic authority in Jerusalem
era 20th century
21st century
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews
father Rabbi Avraham Elyashiv
fieldOfWork Halakha
Jewish law
grandfather Rabbi Avraham Elyashiv
surface form: Rabbi Shlomo Elyashiv

author of Leshem Shevo Ve-Achlama
honorificPrefix Hacham
surface form: HaGaon

Rabbi
Rav
influenced Haredi Judaism in Israel
halachic practice in the Lithuanian-Haredi world
influencedBy Lithuanian yeshiva tradition
knownFor halachic rulings
leadership of the Lithuanian-Haredi community in Israel
stringent halachic positions
language Hebrew
Yiddish
mother Chaya Musha Elyashiv
movement Haredi Jews
surface form: Haredi Judaism

Lithuanian Judaism
name Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
notableRole leading halachic decisor of his generation
notableStudent Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky
Rabbi Nissim Karelitz
numerous Lithuanian-Haredi rabbis in Israel
notableWork He’arot on Shas
Kovetz Teshuvot
Piskei Halakha published by his students
positionHeld dayan in the Rabbinical Courts in Jerusalem
member of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel’s Rabbinical High Court
religion Judaism
residence Jerusalem
spouse Sheina Chaya Elyashiv
studentOf Rabbi Aryeh Levin
Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer
Rabbi Yitzhak Zev Soloveitchik

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this entity surface form: Yosef Shalom Elyashiv