Yitzchok Lichtenstein is an Israeli-American Orthodox rabbi who is a co-rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas located in Brooklyn, New York and the former Mara d'asra of Kehillas Bais Avrohom in Monsey.
12 Facts About Yitzchok Lichtenstein
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Yitzchok Lichtenstein is a major editor for the writings of Chaim Soloveitchik, Moshe Soloveichik and Joseph B Soloveitchik.
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Yitzchok Lichtenstein is the second son of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein and Dr Tovah Soloveitchik.
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Yitzchok Lichtenstein went on Aliyah with his family in 1971 from New York, when his father Aharon Lichtenstein was offered the position of Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Har Etzion.
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Yitzchok Lichtenstein studied at the Netiv Meir High School in Jerusalem.
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Yitzchok Lichtenstein received Semicha at Yeshiva University in 1983, where he studied under his grandfather, Joseph B Soloveitchik.
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Yitzchok Lichtenstein studied in the Lakewood Yeshiva and the Brisk Yeshiva in Jerusalem, where he was a Talmid of Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, his grandfather's first-cousin.
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Yitzchok Lichtenstein taught at the Orchos Chaim yeshiva in Monsey, the "Agra D'Pirka" yeshiva, the Bialystoker shul, and various other venues.
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In October 2018, Yitzchok Lichtenstein was appointed Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, alongside the incumbent Roshei Yeshiva, Yosef Savitsky and Yisroel Reisman.
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Yitzchok Lichtenstein's family has a history among the roshei yeshiva of Torah Vodaath; his wife is a granddaughter of Refael Reuvain Grozovsky, who was Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Vodaath in the 1950s.
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Yitzchok Lichtenstein is a publisher of the writings of his ancestors Chaim Soloveitchik, Moshe Soloveichik and Joseph Ber Soloveitchik.
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Yitzchok Lichtenstein is married to Rochel Grozovsky, the granddaughter of Reuven Grozovsky, former Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and son-in-law of Boruch Ber Leibowitz.