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Who is the Rosh Yeshiva of Torah V’daas, since Rav Pam was niftar?
Who is the Rosh Yeshiva of Mir, since Rav Berenbaum was niftar?
And are the new Roshei Yeshivos yet on the Moetzei Gedolei HaTorah?
you might be surprised to hear there are major American Yeshivas that are not in Brooklyn
I don’t think the OP was making a definitive list of all major U.S. yeshivos, (s)he was just asking a question about two of them.
Torah V’Daas has many Roshei Yeshiva. R’ Belsky and R’ Reisman are two that immediately come to mind.
I’m not sure who is considered the “top” Rosh Yeshiva in the Mir now.
A yeshiva can have more than one “top” Rosh Yeshiva. Usually the one giving the highest shiur is considered the “top” RY. However, in some yeshivos, there may not be one shiur that is considered the highest. There may be 2 or 3 shiurim that are just in different topics or different styles that are all considered the highest shiurim.
Rav Pam and Rav Berenbaum were the top Roshei Yeshivas respectively, but afterwards there was no one top R”Y?
“there are major American Yeshivas that are not in Brooklyn”
In quality, (which cannot be measured by folks like us) you might have a point.
I think the OP was referring to headcount and /or visibility.
That, and the feed into the “top” EY yeshivos and the crown jewel of the all, BMG, which is for the most part, Brooklynites.
From the view I can see (which is typical NY think), Bklyn is the numbers champ of the yeshiva velt.
From the view I can see (which is typical NY think), Bklyn is the numbers champ of the yeshiva velt.
It’s also the number champ of Kosher restaurants too
“From the view I can see (which is typical NY think), Bklyn is the numbers champ of the yeshiva velt.
It’s also the number champ of Kosher restaurants too”
and coffee addicts 🙂
and coffee addicts 🙂
except I don’t live in NY….yet
In terms of headcount RIETS has to be #1 — it has dozens of Rosh Yeshivas, all brilliant.
Lakewood has hundreds.
Just to clarify on charliehall, in the RIETS system there are different programs of learning Torah. The highest and most prestigious is the Yeshiva Program. If you are the Maggid Shiur in YP, then you are a Rosh Yeshiva.
Mod – You deleted my post because I said that Torah is not yarshined, you have to learn it in order to acquire it. Why?
to answer the original question, i think that in mir there are two Roshei Yeshiva, Reb Osher Berenbaum shlita, and Reb Osher Kalmanovitz shlita. if someone knows better please correct me.
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Disclaimer: The following statements are not based on fact, just on perception (but in the world of marketing, perception is all that matters)
“RIETS has to be #1”
* Correct me if Im wrong, but REITs is Chofetz Chaim, right? To the best of my knowledge, the CC crowd does not go the EY / BMG route, so as far as being a “feed into the “top” EY yeshivos and the crown jewel of the all, BMG,” Reits does not contribute to this pool.
” Lakewood has hundreds. “
Quite possible, but as far as I understand (again, just Bklyn perception) the 100s are dispersed among dozens of “specialty” yeshivas of 20-30 bochurim.
And that’s why Bklyn folks like me think the way we do.
“And are the new Roshei Yeshivos yet on the Moetzei Gedolei HaTorah?”
What I had actually posted was: One does not inherit an open slot on the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah; one earns it.
Anyway, Rabbi Reuven Schepansky (son-in-law of Rav Shmuel Berenbaum zt”l) and Rabbi Herschel Zolty (son-in-law of Rav Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz zt”l) are also Roshei Yeshiva of Mir.
bpt: RIETS is Y.U., not Chofetz Chaim
The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary is under Yeshiva University, while the Rabbinical Seminary of America is a part of Chofetz Chaim
bpt:
Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim and RIETS are easily confused, since both allow their students to wear shirts that are not white. Innocent mistake.
We’ll not make fun of bpt.
But shrek: As much as you could confuse Lakewood and Telse since they both standardly wear white shirts.
“Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim and RIETS are easily confused, since both allow their students to wear shirts that are not white.”
ROTF!!!!
I’m sure people confuse Telse and Lakewood all the time. Especially people who have no sense of American geography.
Back to the original topic of roshei yeshiva of major yeshivos in America, The roshei yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Aryeh are Rabbi Y. Weiner shlita, Rabbi Y. Cohen shlita, and Rabbi B. Lieberman shlita.
And they wear white shirts
Yeshivas Ner Aryeh ?????? Major???? OK OK Every makom torah is major
the Rosh Yeshiva in Torah Vodaas is Rav Yosef Savitzky Shlita. Rav Belsky is not Rosh yeshiva, Rav Belsky gives a the smicha shiur. Rav Reisman is not rosh yeshiva he’s a magid shiur in the beis medrash.
” Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim and RIETS are easily confused ”
Oops! I mixed them up with WITS (Wisconsin Torah something)
Wisconsin Institute of Torah Study a branch of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim
Not sure why asking who is the current rosh yeshiva of Mir has any relationship with who giong to be on the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah. The last Mirrer rosh yeshiva on the American Moetzes was R’ Avrohom Kalmanovitz, zt’l.
Wasn’t Rav Shmuel on the Moetzes?
Rav Shmuel Berenbaum did not participate in anything that would take away from his shiur. Plus the Mirrers in general (including the Bais Hatalmud roshei yeshiva and people like Rav Leib Bakst in Detroit) have not participated much in the Aguda scene.
Rav Avrohom Kalmanovitz, based on the times that he lived in, (hatzolah efforts during WWII) and the environment in which he built his yeshiva, participated in Aguda type politics more so than his successors who had different battles to wage.
Has Rav Savitzky or Rav Belsky assumed Rav Pam’s position in Torah Vodaas?
regarding mir brklyn, i was just there in yeshiva. the roshei yeshivos are: r’ osher kalmanowitz (hes the main one, basically he runs the place:fundraising, farhers, and dorm, and works to set the tone) r’ avraham yakov nelkenbaum (r’ avrohom kalmanowitz’s son-in-law) r’ osher dov berenbaum and r hershel zolty (r’ shraga moshe’s son-in-law). r’ reuven shepansky probably should have become rosh yeshiva, but l’maaseh he didnt. r’ herschel kaminsky is not RH in any sense of the word. r’ elya brudny shlita is not RH either, but since he has the highest shiur – parallel to r shepansky – and the largest by far so outside of mir people refer to him as RH, although its incorrect.
Who are the Roshei Yeshivos, other than Rav Aharon Schechter, in Chaim Berlin; and who is the next after Rav Aharon?
Just curious -Is r’ osher kalmanowitz r’ avrohom kalmanowitz’s son or r’ shraga moshe’s son?
we are not daas torah: I honestly have no clue about the choosing process of Roshei yeshiva in Mir. However, I am sure all the above choshuv Rabbanim decided to pick for whichever reasons the present Rosh Yeshiva.I am sure you did not realize when you wrote it and it was completely accidental,but to say”r’ reuven shepansky probably should have become rosh yeshiva, but l’maaseh he didnt.” is actually an insult to the current Rosh Yeshiva and administration. I would ask mods to remove the comment
Often the outgoing Rosh Yeshiva chooses his succesor (prior to his petira, obviously).
abcd2:i hear the taynah, and i agree that i was a little misleading by what i wrote, and i apologize for any misconception. however, anyone who went to mir knows that what i meant was that r’ shepansky has been giving a top level shiur for many years -before r’ osher dov- as well as a mechaber s’forim, and was prob the most likely candidate to take the position. the fact that the mishpacha got together and picked r’ osher dov is in no way meant to have negative connotations on the mishpacha or r’ osher dov, who happens to be a major talmid chocham and a big masmid that we can all look up to.
all i meant was to correct the earlier post of cherrybim, who stated that r shepansky was RH, and i wrote in language that would allow the reader to understand where cherrybim was coming from, and why anyone could have made that mistake.
however, i hear where your coming from, and i apologize for any misunderstanding, and have no compunctions whatsoever if the mods remove that comment so that no one else can be misled.
health:r osher kalmanowitz is r shraga moshes son.
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