Avrohom Gurwicz

Rabbi
Avrohom Gurwicz
Rav Avrohom giving a speech
TitleGateshead Rosh Yeshiva
Personal life
Born1939 (age 85–86)
London, United Kingdom
Parent(s)Leib and Liba Gurwicz
Alma materGateshead Talmudical College
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
Jewish leader
PredecessorRabbi Leib Gurwicz

Avrohom Gurwicz is an English-born Orthodox rabbi and Talmudic scholar. Since 1982 he has been the rosh yeshivah of Gateshead Talmudical College, a yeshiva in Gateshead, England, where he has been giving the largest shiur (Torah lecture) in Europe with approximately 400 students attending, for approximately half a century. Additionally, he is the president of Gateshead Community Kollel,[1] established 2021.

Biography

Rabbi Gurwicz is the second son of Rabbi Leib Gurwicz, the previous Gateshead rosh yeshivah. He is the grandson of Rabbi Elyah Lopian and son-in-law of Reb Elyah's son, Rabbi Leib Lopian.[2] Through his father's mother, he is a descendant of the Vilna Gaon.

Rabbi Gurwicz married the daughter of his uncle, Rabbi Leib Lopian, and his wife, Tzipa.[3] He is a brother-in-law (through his sister Sarah) and cousin to Rabbi Tzvi Kushelevsky, head of the Heichal Hatorah beTzion yeshiva in Jerusalem.[2] Among his sons-in-law is Rabbi Nissan Kaplan, the rosh yeshiva of Daas Ahron and former maggid shiur in the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem.[4][5]

Works

  • Anfei Erez, 4 volumes on various sugyas (topics) in Shas.
  • Ve'anafeha Arzei El on the Torah and Jewish holidays; he has also published for his students his lectures in note form on various tractates (Leket Ha'aros).
  • Leket Hearos, notes from the shiurim he has given.

References

  1. ^ "Our Precious Responsibility". www.charityextra.com. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b Farnell, Ashley (15 November 2006). "Newcastle Upon Tyne". Orthodox Union. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  3. ^ Yated Ne'eman staff (5 September 2005). "Rebbetzin Tziporah Lopian, Gateshead". Dei'ah VeDibur. Archived from the original on 28 October 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  4. ^ Bernstein, Dovid (29 March 2009). "Harav Nissin Kaplan in Los Angeles". matzav.com. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Sparks from the Mir". Daf Yomi Review. 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2011.


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