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Encyclopedia > Avigdor Nebenzahl
Rabbi Nebenzahl

Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl is the chief rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem, Rabbi of the Ramban Synagogue, a posek and a noted author of weekly essays on the torah portion.He is also the senior rosh yeshiva at Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh and is on the staff of Yeshivat HaKotel. He has authored a commentary on the Mishnah Berurah in addition to writing his own books on Passover, Succot, Shavuot, and the Three Weeks. He is one of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach's foremost disciples having learned with him for over 40 years as a study partner. Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl gives a special shiur in English to the overseas students in Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh on Sunday nights and hosts many students in his home for kiddush after Shabbat morning prayers. For the town in Italy, see Rabbi, Italy. ... // Chief rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognised religious leader of that countrys Jewish community. ... The Old City is a 0. ... The Ramban Synagogue (Hebrew: ‎) is the oldest active synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. ... Posek (Hebrew פוסק, IPA: , pl. ... Rosh yeshiva (Hebrew: ראש ישיבה) (pl. ... Yeshivat Hakotel is a religious Zionist yeshiva situated in the Old City of Jerusalem. ... Mishnah Berurah (Hebrew: Clarified Teaching) is a work of halakha (Jewish law) by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, better known as The Chofetz Chaim (Poland, 1838 - 1933). ... This article is about the Jewish holiday. ... Sukkot (סוכות or סֻכּוֹת sukkōt, booths) or Succoth is an 8-day Biblical pilgrimage festival, also known as the Feast of Booths, the Feast of Tabernacles, or Tabernacles. ... Shavuot, also spelled Shavuos (Hebrew: שבועות (Israeli Heb. ... The three weeks are days of mourning commemorating the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem within Judaism. ... Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach July 20, 1910 (23 Tammuz 5670)- February 20, 1995 (20 Adar 5755), was a renowned rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva. ... Shabbat, or Shabbos (Ashkenazic pronunciation) (שבת shabbāṯ, rest), is a day of rest that is observed once a week, from sundown on Friday until nightfall on Saturday, by practitioners of Judaism, as well as by many secular Jews. ... For other uses, see Sabbath. ...


The Rabbi spoke vociferously against the 2005 Gaza expulsion and surrender of land to Arabs. Rabbi Nebenzahl also opposes Jewish tour groups to the Temple Mount[1].

  1. ^ Ascending the Temple Mount - To Prevent the Division of Jerusalem - Letter 1

External links

  • Yeshivat HaKotel Site
  • Netiv Aryeh Site


 
 

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