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{{short description|American rabbi}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Moshe Aharon Poleyeff
| image = Moshe Aharon Poleyeff.png
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| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth year|1888}}
| birth_place = [[Timkovitz]], Belarus
| death_date = {{death year and age|1966|1888}}<ref>The main YU/RIETS archive incorrectly says 1967; see TALK page</ref>
| death_date = 1967
| death_place = [[New York City]]
| education =
| occupation = Rosh Yeshiva
| spouse = Rochel
| parents =
| children = Rabbi Israel Poleyeff<br />Chaim Paley (Hymie)<br />Abraham Paleyeff<br />Sarah Goldstein<br />Rosalind Rosenbaum<ref name=SisBit>{{cite web
|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nhregister/obituary.aspx?n=sarah-feidelson-goldstein%26pid=184101500%26fhid=4186 |title=Sara Feidelson Goldstein, 94|website=[[Legacy.com]] }}</ref>
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Rabbi '''Moshe Aharon Poleyeff''' (1888 in– [[Belarus]] - 1967 in New York1966) was an American rabbi, teaching at [[Yeshiva University]] (YU) in New York overwhere 45he years,was traininga generationsRosh ofYeshiva rabbisfor over 45 years,<ref includingname=Yar30HSchachter>{{cite Ravnews |newspaper=[[MordechaiThe Jewish GifterPress]].
|title=Rav Hershel Schachter Featured Speaker at 30th Yartzeit of HaGaon Rav Moshe Aharon Poleyeff zt"l: To be held at Cong. Ahavath Achim, Brooklyn, Wed. 2 Kislev (Nov. 13) |date=November 1, 1996 |page=87}}</ref> training generations of rabbis, including [[Mordechai Gifter]].
 
==Biography==
Moshe Aharon Poleyeff was born in 1888, in Timkovitz, near Slutsk, {{cvt|98 |km}} south of [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]].<ref name=YUarc>{{cite web
|url=https://www.yu.edu/riets/about/mission-history/historic-roshei/moshe-aaron-poleyeff
|title=HaRav HaGaon R. Moshe Aharon Poleyeff ZT"L, 1888-1967 |website=YU.edu}}</ref><ref>see TALK page re "1967" (vs. 1966, the documented date. The Hesped was Dec. 5, 1966; passing was Nov. 15, 1966.</ref> (White Russia).<ref name=Yar30HSchachter/>
 
He was a student of Rabbi [[Isser Zalman Meltzer]], fromby whom he received hiswas [[Semikhah|smichaordained]] in 1910;<ref name=YUarc/> married 1912.<ref name=Yar30HSchachter/>
 
Poleyeff arrived in the United States in 1920, and immediately began a teaching career at Yeshiva University in New York, where for about 46 years he was onea ofYU/[[Rabbi theIsaac mostElchanan reveredTheological YU/[[Rabbi_Isaac_Elchanan_Theological_SeminarySeminary|RIETS]] [[Rosh Yeshiva|Roshei Yeshiva]].<ref name=Rak> {{cite book |title=From Washington Avenue to Washington Street |isbn=9789652299857
|author=Rabbi [[Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff]] |date=2011}}</ref> and had thousands of students.<ref name=YUarc/> His "''Thursday Shiur''" teaching methodology incorporated a student-presented topic, followed by discussion; he helped the student prepare the prior week or two.<ref name=Yar30HSchachter/>
|url=https://www.amazon.com/Washington-Avenue-Street/dp/9652295655
|author=Rabbi [[Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff]] |date=2011}}</ref> His [[Talmid|Talmidim]] numbered in the thousands.<ref name=YUarc/>
 
Poleyeff died 2 Kislev 5727 (November 1966).
He also served as a synagogue rabbi in the Bronx.
 
Rav Poleyeff passed away December 4, 1967<ref>2 Kislev 5728</ref>; on his 25th [[Yartzeit]], a former student with whom he had ongoing correspondence,<ref name=MGifter>{{cite web
|title=Rabbi Yitzchak Rosenbaum |url=http://www.rabbis.org/news/article.cfm?id=105527
|date=Oct 13, 2010}}</ref> Rabbi Mordechai Gifter, spoke in the NYC shul of son Rabbi Yisroel Poleyeff.
 
==Works==
* Machaneh Yisroel<ref>Published 1930 in Warsaw, Poland, despite already living in the USA since 1920. {{cite web |url=https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/warsaw-1930-moshe-aaron-poleyeff-1901850208
* Machaneh Yisroel
|title=Warsaw 1930, Machaneh Yisroel, Moshe Aaron Poleyeff, Vintage Yeshiva University Judaica}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
* Be'er Avraham▼
|title=Sefer MaChaNeh Yisroel, Volume 2
* Orach Mesharim<ref>(also reprinted posthumously)</ref>▼
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dHwhMQAACAAJ|last1 = Poleyeff|first1 = Moses Aaron}}</ref>
* Be'er Avraham<ref>{{cite book
▲* |title=Be'er Avraham
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v01UswEACAAJ |date=1939|last1 = Poleyeff|first1 = Moses Aaron}}</ref>
* Ohr HaShemesh<ref>{{cite book
|title= Sefer Or ha-shemesh. Kovets Hadoshim u-ve'urim ba-Sugiyot ha-Shas, Rambam u-Poskim
|url=https://www.hollanderbooks.com/pages/books/46076/moses-aaron-poleyeff/sefer-or-ha-shemesh-kovets-hadoshim-u-veurim-ba-sugiyot-ha-shas-rambam-u-poskim |date=1959}}</ref>
▲* Orach MesharimMishor<ref>(also reprinted posthumously)</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title=orach mishor |website=AbeBooks.com
|url=https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/orach-mishor}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
|title=Orach mishor |author=Moses A. Poleyeff
|url=https://archive.org/details/ilgioderinacant00muotgoog
|date=1949}}</ref>
 
==References==
{{reflistReflist}}
 
* ''From Washington Avenue to Washington Street'', by Aaron Rakefet-Rothkoff. Gefen Publishing House, 2011 ({{ISBN |9652299855}} and 9789652299857).
* ''Rebbi: The Memoirs of Rabbi Moshe Aharon Poleyeff'' (1995) {{cite book
|title=Rebbi: The Memoirs of Rabbi Moshe Aharon Poleyeff
|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Rebbi.html?id=MvpGGwAACAAJ|last1 = Poleyeff|first1 = Moses Aaron|year = 1995}}
 
==External links==
* [https://www.yu.edu/riets/about/mission-history/historic-roshei/moshe-aaron-poleyeff YU archive article]
{{YU Roshei Yeshiva}}
 
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