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Dov Schwartzman ( Hebrew : דב שוורצמן ; 25 September 1921 – 7 November 2011), also called Berel Schwartzman , was a Russian-born American Haredi Jewish rabbi , educator, Talmudic scholar , and rosh yeshiva (dean) of Bais Hatalmud , which he founded in the Sanhedria Murhevet neighborhood of Jerusalem and led for over 40 years. He also founded and led the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia together with Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky , and co-founded the first yeshiva in Israel for baalei teshuva (Jews who become more pious than they were raised). He taught tens of thousands of students, many of whom received semicha (rabbinic ordination) from him. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Dov Schwartzman is the founder and Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Yeshivas Bais Hatalmud in Jerusalem . He also founded the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia together with Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky . He currently resides in Israel. His son, Yaakov Eliezer , is the Rosh Yeshiva of the Lakewood East Yeshiva , in Jerusalem , Israel . His son, Rabbi Zevulun Schwartzman , heads a Kollel located in the Etz Chaim Yeshiva . Prior to his divorce, he was the son-in-law of Aharon Kotler , founder of the Lakewood Yeshiva . v t e
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Dov Schwartzman (1921 – 7 November 2011), also called Berel Schwartzman , was a Haredi Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) of Bais Hatalmud , which he founded in the Sanhedria Murhevet neighborhood of Jerusalem and led for over 40 years.He also founded and led the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia together with Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky , and co-founded the first yeshiva in Israel for baalei teshuva (returnees to the faith).He taught and influenced tens of thousands of students, many of whom received semicha (rabbinic ordination) from him and went on to lead their own communities.He was renowned as a Talmudic genius and was conversant in all areas of Torah and Kabbalah .
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Dov Schwartzman (1921 – 7 November 2011), also called Berel Schwartzman , was a Haredi Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) of Bais Hatalmud , which he founded in the Sanhedria Murhevet neighborhood of Jerusalem and led for over 40 years. He also founded and led the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia together with Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky , and co-founded the first yeshiva in Israel for baalei teshuva (returnees to the faith). He taught and influenced tens of thousands of students, many of whom received semicha (rabbinic ordination) from him and went on to lead their own communities. He was renowned as a Talmudic genius and was conversant in all areas of Torah and Kabbalah .
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Russian-born American Haredi rabbi, educator, and Talmudic scholar (1921-2011) Dov Schwartzman (1921 – 7 November 2011), also called Berel Schwartzman , was a Russian-born American Haredi Jewish rabbi , educator , Talmudic scholar , and rosh yeshiva (dean) of Bais Hatalmud , which he founded in the Sanhedria Murhevet neighborhood of Jerusalem and led for over 40 years. He also founded and led the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia together with Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky , and co-founded the first yeshiva in Israel for baalei teshuva (returnees to the Jewish faith). He taught tens of thousands of students, many of whom received semicha (rabbinic ordination) from him.
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