Eliezer Gordon

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Eliezer Gordon was a prominent Lithuanian rabbi and rosh yeshiva, best known for leading the Telz Yeshiva and shaping the intellectual and ethical character of Lithuanian Jewry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf Lithuanian rabbi
rabbi
rosh yeshiva
alternateName Eliezer Gorden NERFINISHED
Eliezer Telzer NERFINISHED
birthDate 1841
birthPlace Ciecere, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire NERFINISHED
burialPlace London, United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
deathDate 1910
deathPlace London, United Kingdom NERFINISHED
denomination Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED
educatedAt Volozhin Yeshiva NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Jewish ethics
Talmud NERFINISHED
Torah education
influenced Lithuanian yeshiva world
Mussar-oriented yeshivot
knownFor developing the Telz method of Talmud study
emphasis on ethical and mussar education
shaping the intellectual character of Lithuanian Jewry
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew
Yiddish
movement Lithuanian yeshiva movement NERFINISHED
Mussar movement NERFINISHED
name Eliezer Gordon NERFINISHED
notableFor combining rigorous Talmudic analysis with Mussar study
notableStudent Chaim Rabinowitz (Chaim Telzer) NERFINISHED
Shimon Shkop NERFINISHED
Yehuda Leib Don-Yihya NERFINISHED
notableWork leadership of Telz Yeshiva
occupation rabbi
rosh yeshiva
positionHeld rosh yeshiva of Telz Yeshiva NERFINISHED
religion Judaism
religiousRole posek
rosh yeshiva of Telz
residence Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire NERFINISHED
Telšiai, Lithuania NERFINISHED
studentOf Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin NERFINISHED
Yisrael Salanter NERFINISHED
Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis HaLevi) NERFINISHED
teacherOf Chaim Rabinowitz (Chaim Telzer) NERFINISHED
Shimon Shkop NERFINISHED
Yehuda Leib Don-Yihya NERFINISHED
workLocation Telšiai, Lithuania NERFINISHED

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Lithuanian Jewry influencedByRabbi Eliezer Gordon