Henoch Leibowitz
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Alter Chanoch Henoch Hakohen Leibowitz (June 2, 1918<ref name=dob>His date of birth is uncertain, but his passport read June 2, 1918.</ref> – April 15, 2008)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was an Orthodox rabbi who was Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen, which was founded by his father Rabbi Chaim Dovid Hakohen Leibowitz in 1933.
Biography
Leibowitz was born in 1918 in Šalčininkai, Lithuania, and was the only son of Dovid Leibowitz. He came to America in 1926 when his father was hired by Mesivta Torah Vodaath as a teacher. In 1933, his father left Torah Vodaath and founded Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen. His father's death in 1941 left him in charge of the yeshiva in his early 20s. He built a network of Jewish educational institutions in the United States, Canada and Israel.
New York governor David Paterson reportedly called Leibowitz “the most honest person in the state of New York”.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Notable students
His students include the following rabbis:
- Dovid Harris, rosh yeshiva (dean) of Yeshiva Chafetz Chaim
- Elyakim Rosenblatt, rebbi in Yeshiva Chafetz Chaim and later rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Kesser Torah
- Menachem Davidowitz, rosh yeshiva of Talmudic Institute of Upstate New York
- Baruch Chait, rosh yeshiva of the Israeli high school Maarava Machon Rubin
See also
- Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen
- Chofetz Chaim (disambiguation).
- Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel (an affiliate school)
References
Sources
External links
- Video of Rabbi Henoch Leibowitz's second wedding. Rabbi Henoch Lebowitz's wedding