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Rabbi Paretzky was born in Razanka, in the Lida District, in what is now Belarus, but was then Poland, in 1917. From the age of ten, he studied at the [[Yeshiva]] in [[
In 1938, Rabbi Paretzky came to America and continued his [[Talmud]]ic studies in RIETS, where he studied with and grew close to its Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi [[Moshe Soloveitchik]]. He was appointed Rabbi of [[Young Israel]] [[Synagogue]] of [[Tremont, Bronx|Tremont]] in the [[Bronx]], a position which he held for more than a quarter century. There he sought to reconcile the practices of his contemporary generation with the values of [[Torah]] and [[Orthodox Judaism|Judaism]]. Rabbi Paretzky is reputed to have been easily accessible to younger students, for despite a [[generation gap]], he appealed to them.<ref>[http://hirhurim.blogspot.com/2006/02/this-is-my-god.html this is my god]</ref> He urged his college students not to skip their daily Talmudic studies during [[Final examinations]].[http://hirhurim.blogspot.com/2010/03/audio-roundup-lxxxv.html] He was a member of the [[Rabbinical Council of America]] and the [[Union of Orthodox Rabbis]].
Rabbi Paretzky {{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} earned a master's degree in [[Semitic studies|Semitics]]
In 1964, Rabbi Paretzky returned to the RIETS to serve as a Rosh Yeshiva and Assistant Dean of Admissions to the Dean Rabbi Mendel Zaks. Rabbi Paretzky assumed the deanship upon the latter's death in 1974. Rabbi Paretzky is considered on par with other Rosh Yeshivas of RIETS including
Rabbi Feivel Paretzky died suddenly in 1992, according to Sam Hartstein, a spokesman for YU. [
==Works==
* Ner L'Maor (ספר נר למאור), edited by Zev T. Paretzky, [
*Rabbi Paretzky's thoughts on Talmudic topics have been published in many Judaic Periodicals (see [
*Rabbi Paretzky also left many unpublished writings [https://web.archive.org/web/20100528165040/http://www.yu.edu/riets/index.aspx?id=28206].
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