Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (born 1879)
Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel אליעזר יהודה פינקל | |
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| Title | Rosh Yeshivas Mir |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Eliezer Yehuda Finkel 1879 Lugoj |
| Died | 1965 (aged 85–86) Jerusalem |
| Buried | Har HaMenuchot |
| Nationality | Romania, British Mandate of Palestine, Israel |
| Spouse | Malka Kamai |
| Children | Moshe Chaim Zev Beinish |
| Parent | Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Haredi |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Rabbi Eliyahu Boruch Kamai |
| Successor | Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz |
| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Mir yeshiva (Belarus) |
| Began | 1917 |
| Ended | 1965 |
Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, also known as Reb Leizer Yudel Finkel, (1879–1965) was the Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in both its Polish and Jerusalemic incarnations.