Shmuel Auerbach

Rabbi
Shmuel Auerbach
שמואל אוירבך
Auerbach in 2013
Personal life
Born(1931-09-21)September 21, 1931
Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine
DiedFebruary 24, 2018(2018-02-24) (aged 86)
Jerusalem
NationalityIsraeli
SpouseRachel (deceased)
Parent(s)Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Chaya Rivka Ruchamkin
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationHaredi

Shmuel Auerbach (Hebrew: שמואל אוירבך; September 21, 1931 – February 24, 2018)[1] was a Haredi rabbi in Jerusalem.[2] He was considered a leader in the non-Hasidic Haredi community in Israel. His followers formed a political organisation known as the Jerusalem Faction.[3] In 2013, as the Israeli government launched a campaign to draft Ultra Orthodox men into the IDF, the organisation adopted a controversial policy of demonstrations and incitement against the draft.[4][5]

Biography

Auerbach was the eldest son of Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and his wife, Chaya Rivka Ruchamkin.[6] He was born in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sha'arei Hesed—as was his father[6]—and resided there all his life. He married Rachel Paksher[7] (d. 11 January 1990).[8] They had no children. He named his musar sefer Ohel Rachel in her memory.

Rabbinic career

Auerbach was the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Maalot HaTorah[6] and the Nasi (president) of Yeshivas Midrash Shmuel[9] and Yeshivas Toras Simcha,[10] both in Jerusalem. For a short time, he also served as one of the roshei yeshiva of Yeshivas Itri in Jerusalem.[11] He was the head of the Bnei Torah [he] party (colloquially referred to as "Etz"), which he founded.

References

  1. ^ "Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach dies at 86". 24 February 2018.
  2. ^ Nahshoni, Kobi (13 October 2010). "Top rabbis: IDF conversions endorse gentiles as Jews". Ynetnews. Retrieved 4 January 2011..
  3. ^ "Rav Shmuel Auerbach – beyond the headlines". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com.
  4. ^ "Radical Haredi leader Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach dies suddenly". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com.
  5. ^ "Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach, the leader of radical Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox sect, dies at 86". Haaretz.
  6. ^ a b c Sofer, D. "Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt"l". Yated Ne'eman (United States). Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  7. ^ Ginzburg, Eliezer ben Efrayim Mordekhai; Weinberger, Yosef; Scherman, Nosson (2007). Mishlei. Mesorah Publications, Ltd. p. 667. ISBN 978-1-4226-0590-5.
  8. ^ Geller, Shalom Yosef; Rubin, Yitzchak Mordechai (2003). Orchos Shabbat – Part One (in Hebrew). Machon Hadarat Yerushalayim. Dedication page.
  9. ^ "Who's Who in Midrash Shmuel". Aliyos Shmuel. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  10. ^ "Yeshivas Toras Simcha" (PDF). torassimcha.org. December 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  11. ^ Greenwald, Avi (11 August 2009). "Baruch Dayan Emes: Rosh Yeshivas Itri ztz'l". Tog News. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.