10 Facts About Yitzchok Zilberstein

Yitzchok Zilberstein was born on 1934 and is a prominent Orthodox rabbi, posek and expert in medical ethics.

Yitzchok Zilberstein's opinion is frequently sought and quoted on all matters of halakha for the Israeli Litvak yeshiva community.

Yitzchok Zilberstein married Aliza Shoshana Eliashiv, a daughter of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv and granddaughter of Rabbi Aryeh Levin.

Yitzchok Zilberstein assumed full responsibility for the material management of her household and encouraged him to continue studying Torah.

Subsequently, Yitzchok Zilberstein moved his family to Switzerland, where he served as a rosh mesivta and maggid shiur in the Yeshiva of Lucerne for several years.

Yitzchok Zilberstein is an acknowledged halachic authority and is renowned as an expert in medical issues related to halacha, including organ transplant, abortion, in vitro fertilization, and multi-fetal pregnancy reduction.

Yitzchok Zilberstein is a regular speaker at the annual Jerusalem Center for Research Yarchei Kallah on Medicine and Halacha.

In 1999 Yitzchok Zilberstein was appointed to a special beis din composed of leading Orthodox halachic authorities who convened to study the effects of the Internet on Orthodox families and students.

In 2009 Yitzchok Zilberstein was a member of a committee which investigated conversion and civil marriage in Israel and gave its recommendations to Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv prior to his rendering a psak on the issue.

Yitzchok Zilberstein's teachings have gained popular appeal with the publication of books containing stories and advice, organized according to the weekly Torah reading.