Moshe Aharon Poleyeff
Moshe Aharon Poleyeff | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1888 Timkovitz |
| Died | 1967 |
| Occupation | Rosh Yeshiva |
| Spouse | Rochel |
| Children | Rabbi Israel Poleyeff Chaim Paley (Hymie) Abraham Paleyeff Sarah Goldstein Rosalind Rosenbaum[1] |
Moshe Aharon Poleyeff (1888 in Belarus - 1967 in New York) was an American rabbi, teaching at Yeshiva University in New York over 45 years, training generations of rabbis, including Rav Mordechai Gifter.
Biography
Moshe Aharon Poleyeff was born in 1888, in Timkovitz, near Slutsk, 98 km south of Minsk, Belarus.[2]
He was a student of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, from whom he received his smicha in 1910.
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/RIETS Roshei Yeshiva.[3] His Talmidim numbered in the thousands.[2]
He also served as a synagogue rabbi in the Bronx.
Rav Poleyeff passed away December 4, 1967[4]; on his 25th Yartzeit, a former student with whom he had ongoing correspondence,[5] Rabbi Mordechai Gifter, spoke in the NYC shul of son Rabbi Yisroel Poleyeff.
Works
- Machaneh Yisroel
- Be'er Avraham
- Orach Mesharim[6]
References
- ^ "Sara Feidelson Goldstein, 94".
- ^ a b "HaRav HaGaon R. Moshe Aharon Poleyeff ZT"L, 1888-1967". YU.edu.
- ^ Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff (2011). From Washington Avenue to Washington Street. ISBN 9789652299857.
- ^ 2 Kislev 5728
- ^ "Rabbi Yitzchak Rosenbaum". October 13, 2010.
- ^ (also reprinted posthumously)
- 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) Rebbi: The Memoirs of Rabbi Moshe Aharon Poleyeff.