Dovid Lifshitz
Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1906 |
| Died | June 28, 1993 (aged 86–87) |
| Buried | Israel |
| Nationality | Ashkenazi |
| Spouse | Tzipporah Chava Yoselowitz |
| Children | Chaya Waxman, Shulamith Kaminetsky, Sara Stein |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Orthodox |
| Position | Rosh Yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | RIETS |
| Position | President |
| Organisation | Ezras Torah |
Dovid Lifshitz (1906–1993) was a distinguished Ashkenazi Rosh yeshiva in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) for almost fifty years. He was appointed upon the invitation of Rabbi Samuel Belkin in 1944. He was also known as the "Suvalker Rav", due to his previous position as the Rabbi of the European town of Suvalk, which he maintained until its capture by the Nazis in 1940. Some of his lectures on the Talmud were later compiled and published as "Shiurei Rav Dovid Lifshitz".