Rav
Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi
ברוך מרדכי אזרחי‎
TitleRosh Yeshiva
Personal
Born(1929-03-27)27 March 1929
Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine
Died26 October 2023(2023-10-26) (aged 94)
Jerusalem, Israel
ReligionJudaism
NationalityIsraeli
SpouseShulamit Ezrachi
Alma materHebron Yeshiva
PositionRosh Yeshiva
YeshivaAteres Yisrael
OtherMember of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah

Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi (27 March 1929 – 26 October 2023) was an Israeli Haredi rabbi, and a leader of the non-Hasidic Lithuanian Jews.[1] He was the Rosh Yeshiva of Ateres Yisrael in Bayit Vegan in Jerusalem,[2] and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah from the Degel HaTorah faction.[3][1][4]

Rav Ezrachi was the son-in-law of the late Rabbi Meir Chodosh, mashgiach ruchani at the Hebron Yeshiva.[5] In 1976, Ezrachi started a yeshiva in Bayit Vegan called Ateres Yisroel. In 1979, he moved the yeshiva to Modi'in.

Even though he was a student of the Hebron yeshiva, he considered himself a student of Rav Dovid Soloveitchik, 7 years his senior.

Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi died on 26 October 2023, at the age of 94.[6]

Rav Ezrachi's brother is Rav Yitzchok Ezrachi, a Rosh Yeshiva at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Works

Rav Ezrachi wrote many volumes of commentary on Torah, Talmud, halacha, Jewish festivals, and thought, called Birkas Mordechai (Hebrew: ברכת מרדכי‎ Blessings of Mordechai).

As per his Hebron Yeshiva heritage, Rav Ezrachi did not employ the Brisker method even though he considered himself a protégé of Rav Dovid Soloveitchik.[7] Rather, he used the more traditional methods of analysing and comparing Talmudic texts. This involves bringing up questions on the source which challenge the students' understanding to an uncomfortable degree, then resolving the issue by reinterpreting the text to a true understanding.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Ettinger, Yair (21 October 2013). "Analysis The Irreparable Split in Israel's Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox Community". Haaretz. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ateres Yisrael Yeshiva Buildings in Yerushalayim Approved - Yeshiva World News". theyeshivaworld.com. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "HaGaon Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi Taken to the Hospital - Yeshiva World News". theyeshivaworld.com. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ateret Yisrael". www.torahindex.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "BDE: Rebbetzin Shulamis Ezrachi, Wife Of Rabbi Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, Passes Away At 91 - VINnews". Vos Iz Neias. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Rabbi Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi passed away at 94". Israel National News. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Between Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi & Brisk". amimagazine.org. 2 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Sparks of Slabodka: An Exclusive Interview with Rav Baruch Mordche Ezrachi". www.mishpacha.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.

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