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| birth_place = [[Timkovitz]], Belarus
| birth_place = [[Timkovitz]], Belarus
| death_date = {{dya|1966|1888}}<ref>The main YU/RIETS archive incorrectly says 1967; see TALK page</ref>
| death_date = {{death year and age|1966|1888}}<ref>The main YU/RIETS archive incorrectly says 1967; see TALK page</ref>
| death_place = [[New York City]]
| death_place = [[New York City]]
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| children = Rabbi Israel Poleyeff<br />Chaim Paley (Hymie)<br />Abraham Paleyeff<br />Sarah Goldstein<br />Rosalind Rosenbaum<ref name=SisBit>{{cite web
| 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}}</ref>
|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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'''Moshe Aharon Poleyeff''' (1888 – 1966) was an American rabbi, teaching at [[Yeshiva University]] (YU) in New York where he was a Rosh Yeshiva for over 45 years,<ref name=Yar30HSchachter>{{cite newspaper |newspaper=[[The Jewish Press]]
'''Moshe Aharon Poleyeff''' (1888 – 1966) was an American rabbi, teaching at [[Yeshiva University]] (YU) in New York where he was a Rosh Yeshiva for over 45 years,<ref name=Yar30HSchachter>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Jewish Press]]
|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 Rav [[Mordechai Gifter]].
|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==
==Biography==
Moshe Aharon Poleyeff was born in 1888, in Timkovitz, near Slutsk, {{cvt|98|km}} south of [[Minsk, Belarus]]<ref name=YUarc>{{cite web
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
|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/>
|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]], from whom he received his [[Semikhah|smicha]] in 1910;<ref name=YUarc/> married 1912.<ref name=Yar30HSchachter/>
He was a student of Rabbi [[Isser Zalman Meltzer]], by whom he was [[Semikhah|ordained]] 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 one of the most revered YU/[[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary|RIETS]] [[Rosh Yeshiva|Roshei Yeshiva]].<ref name=Rak>{{cite book |title=From Washington Avenue to Washington Street |isbn=9789652299857
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 a YU/[[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary|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> His [[Talmid]]im numbered in the thousands.<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/>
|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/>


Rav Poleyeff died 2 Kislev 5727 (1966); on his 25th [[Yartzeit]], a former student with whom he had ongoing correspondence,<ref name="MGifter">{{cite web
Poleyeff died 2 Kislev 5727 (November 1966).
|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. YU's Rabbi [[Hershel Schachter]] spoke at the 30th.<ref name="Yar30HSchachter" /> For the 50th Yartzeit, YU/RIETS made a special gathering.<ref>Dec.1,'16 by day was 1 Kislev. {{cite web
|title=Tonight, 50th Yartzeit, Rav Moshe Aharon Poleyeff ZT"L |date=December 1, 2016
|url=https://twitter.com/YeshivaLink/status/804505706112122880}}</ref><ref>son Rabbi Yisroel Poleyeff was then no-longer alive.</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
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Latest revision as of 03:42, 12 July 2023

Moshe Aharon Poleyeff
Born1888 (1888)
Timkovitz, Belarus
Died1966 (aged 77–78)[1]
New York City
OccupationRosh Yeshiva
SpouseRochel
ChildrenRabbi Israel Poleyeff
Chaim Paley (Hymie)
Abraham Paleyeff
Sarah Goldstein
Rosalind Rosenbaum[2]

Moshe Aharon Poleyeff (1888 – 1966) was an American rabbi, teaching at Yeshiva University (YU) in New York where he was a Rosh Yeshiva for over 45 years,[3] training generations of rabbis, including Mordechai Gifter.

Biography

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Poleyeff was born in 1888, in Timkovitz, near Slutsk, 98 km (61 mi) south of Minsk, Belarus[4][5] (White Russia).[3]

He was a student of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, by whom he was ordained in 1910;[4] married 1912.[3]

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 a YU/RIETS Roshei Yeshiva[6] and had thousands of students.[4] His "Thursday Shiur" teaching methodology incorporated a student-presented topic, followed by discussion; he helped the student prepare the prior week or two.[3]

Poleyeff died 2 Kislev 5727 (November 1966).

Works

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References

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  1. ^ The main YU/RIETS archive incorrectly says 1967; see TALK page
  2. ^ "Sara Feidelson Goldstein, 94". Legacy.com.
  3. ^ a b c d "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)". The Jewish Press. November 1, 1996. p. 87.
  4. ^ a b c "HaRav HaGaon R. Moshe Aharon Poleyeff ZT"L, 1888-1967". YU.edu.
  5. ^ see TALK page re "1967" (vs. 1966, the documented date. The Hesped was Dec. 5, 1966; passing was Nov. 15, 1966.
  6. ^ Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff (2011). From Washington Avenue to Washington Street. ISBN 9789652299857.
  7. ^ Published 1930 in Warsaw, Poland, despite already living in the USA since 1920. "Warsaw 1930, Machaneh Yisroel, Moshe Aaron Poleyeff, Vintage Yeshiva University Judaica".
  8. ^ Poleyeff, Moses Aaron. Sefer MaChaNeh Yisroel, Volume 2.
  9. ^ Poleyeff, Moses Aaron (1939). Be'er Avraham.
  10. ^ Sefer Or ha-shemesh. Kovets Hadoshim u-ve'urim ba-Sugiyot ha-Shas, Rambam u-Poskim. 1959.
  11. ^ (also reprinted posthumously)
  12. ^ "orach mishor". AbeBooks.com.
  13. ^ Moses A. Poleyeff (1949). Orach mishor.
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