Gedaliah Finkel
Gedalya Finkel (Hebrew: גדליה פינקל) is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and lecturer at the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel. He is the younger brother of former Mir rosh yeshiva Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel.
Early life and education[edit]
Gedalya Finkel was born in Chicago to Eliyahu Meir Finkel and his wife, Sara. Through his father's side, he was the great-grandson of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the "Alter" of Slabodka. He and his brother, Nosson Tzvi, grew up in a Modern Orthodox home and attended the Ida Crown Jewish Academy. Gedalya then learned in the Skokie yeshiva, where he developed a relationship with Rabbi Yaakov Perlow. He received a post-rabbinical scholarship from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture to study at the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem in 1975–1976.[1]
Career[edit]
Finkel has delivers a daily English-language Talmud shiur at the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem for more than 35 years.[2] Finkel is also on the faculty of Yeshivat Heichal Aryeh.[2]
He is the author of "Imrei Gedalya" (Hebrew: אמרי גדליה) on various tractates of the Talmud. He heads and maintains a kollel in the Ezrat Torah neighborhood of Jerusalem, and also maintains a free loan fund for poor families.
Finkel is married to a daughter of Rabbi Naftoli Carlebach, making him a brother-in-law to Rabbi Binyomin Carlebach, one of the current roshei yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Post Rabbinical Scholarships" (PDF). Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. p. 37. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Staff". Yeshivat Heichal Aryeh. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ↑ Kahn, Betzalel (26 January 2005). "HaRav Naftoli Carlebach, zt"l". Dei'ah VeDibur. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
External links[edit]
- Rabbi Gedalya Finkel's Talmud lectures
- Rabbi Gedalya Finkel's eulogy over the death of his brother Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel
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