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Shneur Kotler as a young man in the 1940's, while studying at the Chevron (Slabodka) yeshiva in Jerusalem Shneur Kotler (1918 - 1982) was an Orthodox rabbi , and the son of the famed Talmudic scholar Rabbi Aharon Kotler . Upon the death of his father in 1962, he became the rosh yeshiva of Beis Medrash Govoha , a Lithuanian -style Talmudic Haredi but non- Hasidic yeshiva in Lakewood , New Jersey . Born in Slutsk , Russia , where his maternal grandfather Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer was the rosh yeshiva and rabbi, Rabbi Kotler escaped to Mandatory Palestine in 1940. There, he studied under the leading scholars of Jerusalem , among them Rabbi Meltzer who had moved there previously. In 1947, after World War II , he moved to Lakewood to join his father, who had brought his yeshiva there from Europe . Rabbi Shneur Kotler assumed the leadership of the yeshiva with his father's death in 1962. He transformed Lakewood from a middling institution into a flagship center of excellence and fulcrum of the Orthodox yeshiva world. Whereas his father had actively restricted enrollment to a select group of students, his son Shneur opened the yeshiva doors to a broader range of students and post-graduate fellows. From a group of approximately 200 students, the yeshiva grew to almost a thousand students by 1981. As more students enrolled, the scope of study broadened to the point where a student could join any number of groups studying all the tractates of the Talmud. Kotler sent out groups of married students, pioneers to establish kollels in major communities across America, from Philadelphia in the East to Los Angeles in the West. The members of these kollels would divide their time between studying Talmud and spreading the experience of Torah learning to the local Jewish populations. There are now Lakewood satellite kollels operating in 30 cities across North America . Kotler was active in communal organizations and issues. He held leadership positions as a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of America and was on the rabbinical boards of the Torah Umesorah National Society for Hebrew Day Schools and Chinuch Atzmai . Rabbi Kotler was also very active in helping Jewish refugees from Russia and Iran .¹

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Yosef Chaim Shneur Kotler (1918, Slutsk , Russia – 24 June 1982, Boston , Massachusetts ) was an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha (also known as the Lakewood Yeshiva) in Lakewood , New Jersey from 1962 to 1982. During his tenure, he developed the Lithuanian -style, Haredi but non- Hasidic yeshiva into the largest post-graduate Torah institution in the world. He also established Lakewood-style kollels in 30 cities, and pioneered the establishment of community kollels in which Torah scholars study during the morning and afternoon hours and engage in community outreach during the evenings. Upon his death, he had served as the Lakewood rosh yeshiva for exactly the same amount of time as had his father, Rabbi Aharon Kotler , the founding rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha: nineteen years, seven months, and one day. Torah Leaders: A treasury of biographical sketches . Noble Lives, Noble Deeds II: Captivating stories and biographical profiles of spiritual giants .

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Yosef Chaim Shneur Kotler (1918 – 24 June 1982) was an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha (also known as the Lakewood Yeshiva) in Lakewood , New Jersey from 1962 to 1982. During his tenure, he developed the Lithuanian -style, Haredi but non- Hasidic yeshiva into the largest post-graduate Torah institution in the world. He also established Lakewood-style kollels in 30 cities, and pioneered the establishment of community kollels in which Torah scholars study during the morning and afternoon hours and engage in community outreach during the evenings. Upon his death, he had served as the Lakewood rosh yeshiva for exactly the same amount of time as had his father, Rabbi Aharon Kotler , the founding rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha: nineteen years, seven months, and one day. Torah Leaders: A treasury of biographical sketches . Noble Lives, Noble Deeds II: Captivating stories and biographical profiles of spiritual giants .

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American rabbi; dean of Beth Medrash Govoha Yosef Chaim Shneur Kotler (1918 – 24 June 1982) was an Ashkenazi Orthodox rabbi from the Lithuanian movement and rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha (also known as the Lakewood Yeshiva) in Lakewood , New Jersey from 1962 to 1982. During his tenure, he developed the Lithuanian -style, Haredi but non- Hasidic yeshiva into the largest post-graduate Torah institution in the world. He also established Lakewood-style kollels in 30 cities, and pioneered the establishment of community kollels in which Torah scholars study during the morning and afternoon hours and engage in community outreach during the evenings. Upon his death, he had served as the Lakewood rosh yeshiva for exactly the same amount of time as had his father, Rabbi Aharon Kotler , the founding rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha: nineteen years, seven months, and one day. Torah Leaders: A treasury of biographical sketches . Noble Lives, Noble Deeds II: Captivating stories and biographical profiles of spiritual giants .

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American rabbi; dean of Beth Medrash Govoha Yosef Chaim Shneur Kotler (1918 – 24 June 1982) was an Ashkenazi Orthodox rabbi from the Lithuanian movement and rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha (also known as the Lakewood Yeshiva) in Lakewood, New Jersey , from 1962 to 1982. During his tenure, he developed the Lithuanian -style, Haredi but non- Hasidic yeshiva into the largest post-graduate Torah institution in the world. He also established Lakewood-style kollels in 30 cities, and pioneered the establishment of community kollels in which Torah scholars study during the morning and afternoon and engage in community outreach during the evenings. Upon his death, he had served as the Lakewood rosh yeshiva for exactly the same amount of time as had his father, Rabbi Aharon Kotler , the founding rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha: nineteen years, seven months, and one day. Torah Leaders: A treasury of biographical sketches . Noble Lives, Noble Deeds II: Captivating stories and biographical profiles of spiritual giants .

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