12 Facts About Dovid Lifshitz

Dovid Lifshitz was a distinguished Ashkenazi Rosh yeshiva in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary for almost fifty years.

Dovid Lifshitz was appointed upon the invitation of Rabbi Samuel Belkin in 1944.

Dovid Lifshitz was known as the "Suvalker Rav", due to his previous position as the Rabbi of the European town of Suvalk, which he maintained until its capture by the Nazis in 1940.

Dovid Lifshitz was born in Minsk, then Imperial Russia in 1906 to Yaakov Aryeh and Ittel Lifshitz.

Dovid Lifshitz's paternal grandfather, Shlomo Zalman Lifshitz, was a businessman in Grodno as well as a distinguished Talmudic scholar, who authored the Olas Shlomo.

Dovid Lifshitz later studied in the Mir yeshiva, staying until 1932, receiving semicha and becoming well known as an outstanding scholar.

Dovid Lifshitz remained in Suvalk until the Nazis captured the city in 1940.

In 1941, Dovid Lifshitz reached America along with his wife and daughter, and was appointed a rosh yeshiva of Beis Midrash LeTorah in Chicago.

Dovid Lifshitz was accorded immense stature among his fellow rabbis, his students and the rest of the Chicago community.

Dovid Lifshitz accepted the invitation of Rabbi Samuel Belkin and in 1944, was appointed rosh yeshiva of RIETS in New York City.

Dovid Lifshitz served as a member of the presidium of the Agudas HaRabbonim of America and Canada for many years.

Dovid Lifshitz served as president of Ezras Torah, an international relief fund, during the final 17 years of his life.