Aharon Lichtenstein
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HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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Rav Aharon Lichtenstein teaching at Yeshivat Har Etzion
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| Born |
May 23, 1933 Paris, France |
| Died | April 20, 2015 (aged 81) Alon Shvut, Israel |
| Alma mater |
Yeshiva University Harvard University |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Tovah (née Soloveitchik) (m. 1960) |
| Children | 6, including Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein, Rabbanit Estie Rosenberg |
| Awards | Israel Prize (2014) |
Aharon Lichtenstein (May 23, 1933 – April 20, 2015) was a noted Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva. He was an authority in Jewish law (Halakha).
Rabbi Lichtenstein was born in Paris, France, but grew up in the United States, studied in Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin under Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner. He earned a BA and semicha ("rabbinic ordination") at Yeshiva University under Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, whose daughter Tovah he would later marry, and a PhD in English Literature at Harvard University, where he studied under Douglas Bush.
After serving as Rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University for several years, Rabbi Lichtenstein answered Rabbi Yehuda Amital's request in 1971 to join him at the helm of Yeshivat Har Etzion, located in Gush Etzion, and moved to Jerusalem. He maintained a close connection to Yeshiva University as a Rosh Kollel for the Gruss Institute in Jerusalem, an affiliate of Yeshiva University and its rabbinical school, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.
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