Mosheh Lichtenstein

American-Israeli rosh yeshiva
Rabbi
Mosheh Lichtenstein
Official picture of Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein
Personal
BornJuly 7, 1961
ReligionJudaism
NationalityAmerican, Israeli
SpouseMichal Lichtenstein
Children3
Parent(s)Aharon Lichtenstein, Tovah Lichtenstein
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
PositionRosh Yeshiva, Rosh Kollel
YeshivaYeshivat Har Etzion
ResidenceAlon Shevut
DynastySoloveitchik dynasty

Mosheh Lichtenstein (Hebrew: משה ליכטנשטיין; born July 7, 1961) is a co-rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion located in Alon Shvut.[1] He is the eldest son of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and Dr. Tovah Soloveitchik.

Biography

Mosheh Lichtenstein came on Aliyah with his family in 1971 from New York, when his father Rav Aharon Lichtenstein was offered the position of Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Har Etzion.[1] He studied at the Netiv Meir High School in Jerusalem, and thereafter, spent a year studying with his grandfather, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, in America from 1979 to 1980.[2] From 1980 to 1985, he did hesder at Yeshivat Har Etzion, serving in tanks in the Armored Corps.[2] He received Semicha from the Rabbanut and a degree in English Literature from Hebrew University.[1] Lichtenstein was hired as a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion in 1992.[2] He went on sabbatical during the 1997 and 1998 academic years and served as Rosh Kollel of the Torat Tzion Kollel in Cleveland.[1] He also taught at Bruria, an Advanced Program for Women in Jerusalem from 1992 to 1997.[2] At present, he is responsible for the Yeshivat Har Etzion's Kollel Gavoha, teaches Shiur Hei at Yeshivat Har Etzion, teaches an Iyun Shiur on Zevachim and gives a weekly Shiur for Shana Bet. He also teaches at the Beit Midrash for Women Migdal Oz. On September 25, 2008 (Tishrei 5769), Rav Yehuda Amital officially announced his retirement, to take effect on the last day of the Jewish month of Tishrei, in the year 5769 (October 28, 2008). He also announced that Lichtenstein would assume the position as the fourth Rosh Yeshiva on that same day. Lichtenstein was inaugurated as Rosh Yeshiva alongside Rabbis Aharon Lichtenstein, Yaakov Medan and Baruch Gigi.[1]

Personal

Lichtenstein is married to Dr. Michal Lichtenstein. They reside in Alon Shevut, where the Yeshiva is located, and have three daughters.[2]

Works

  • Moses - Envoy of God, Envoy of His People
  • "What" Hath Brisk Wrought: The Brisker Derekh Revisited The Torah U-Madda Journal, No. 9 (2000)[3]
  • Kol Isha: A Women's Voice, Tradition Vol. 46, No. 1 (2013)[4]
  • Netivei Nevuah - Mabat El Hahaftarot (2015)

Family Tree

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Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg, director of Migdal Oz (seminary)
Rabbi Yitzchok Lichtenstein, Co-Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Rabbi Bais Avrohom, Monsey, NY
Rabbi Yosef Dov (Reb Berel) SoloveichikRabbi Avrohom Yehoshua SoloveichikRabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein, Co-Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion
Rabbi Meshulam Dovid (Reb Dovid) SoloveichikRabbi Yitzchak Zev SoloveichikRabbi Mayer Lichtenstein, Rabbi Ohel Menachem Bet Shemesh
Rabbi Yosef Dov (HaLevi) Soloveichik
author of Beis HaLevi		Rabbi Chaim Soloveichik
"Reb Chaim Brisker"		Rabbi Yitzchak Zev (Reb Velvel) Soloveichik
"The GRIZ"
The Brisker Rov		Lifsha Soloveitchik FeinsteinDr. Tovah Soloveitchik LichtensteinRabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt
Rabbi Refael Shapiro, Rosh Yeshiva of Volozhin yeshivaLifsha Shapiro
Rabbi Refoel SoloveichikRabbi Dr. Aharon LichtensteinTzipporah Rosenblatt
Rabbi Meir SoloveichikDr. Atarah Soloveitchik TwerskyRabbi Mosheh Twersky z"l, Maggid Shiur at Yeshiva Toras Moshe
Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. (Yosef Dov) Soloveitchik
"The Rav"		Rabbi Dr. Isadore Twersky, Talner Rebbe of BostonRabbi Mayer Twersky, Rosh Yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Rabbi Moshe SoloveichikRabbi Ahron SoloveichikRabbi Dr. Haym SoloveitchikRabbi Moshe Soloveichik, Rosh Yeshivas Brisk (Chicago); Rav of Kehilas Beth Sholom Ahavas Achim
Peshka Feinstein SoloveichikDr. Samuel SoloveichikRabbi Eliyahu Soloveichik, Rosh Yeshiva at Lander College's Beis Medrash L'TalmudRabbi Meir Yaakov Soloveichik
Shulamit Soloveitchik MeiselmanRabbi Moshe Meiselman, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Toras MosheRabbi Yosef SoloveichikSarah Orenshein
Anne Soloveitchik GerberRabbi Chayim Soloveichik, Maggid Shiur at Yeshivat Reishit; Morah D’Asrah of Kehillat Ohr Shalom, Ramat Beit ShemeshMoshe Soloveichik
Rabbi Yosef Dov SoloveichikRabbi Shmuel Chaim Soloveichik
Rabbi Yitzchok SoloveichikRabbi Yisroel Soloveichik
Rabbi Yisroel Gershon SoloveichikRabbi Moshe SoloveichikRabbi Boruch Soloveichik
Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Soloveichik
Daughter Soloveichik
Notes:
  • Rabbi Chaim Halevi Soloveichik (the second)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Rashei Yeshiva". www.haretzion.org. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein | Yeshivat Har Etzion". etzion.org.il. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  3. ^ Lichtentein, Mosheh (September 2000). ""What" Hath Brisk Wrought: The Brisker Derekh Revisited" (PDF). The Torah U-Madda Journal.
  4. ^ "Kol Isha: A Women's Voice".

External links

  • "What" Hath Brisk Wrought: The Brisker Derekh Revisited at YUTorah Online
  • http://traditionarchive.org/news/article.cfm?id=105748
  • J. Brull (2020), The Educational Thought of Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein as an Expansion of the Classic "Brisker Derekh" and its Application in Teaching Talmud in Yeshiva High Schools (Hebrew)
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