Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah2023-08-24T11:34:48-04:00

The Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah consists of revered senior rabbinic leaders in the community. They convene on a regular basis to provide guidance and oversee the activities of Agudath Israel of America. Issues of major importance for Klal Yisroel are brought to them for deliberation. Their role has been crucial to the development of a vibrant and growing Torah community.

Some recent guidance includes protecting the mesorah from attack, reacting to new cultural norms, advocating for Jews in Eretz Yisroel and worldwide, and promoting the spiritual well-being of our youth. Their decisions provide the spiritual basis and moral compass for the many activities of Agudath Israel throughout the year, especially for issues which affect the entire community.

Providing Torah Guidance to Klal Yisroel and Agudas Yisroel

Rabbi Aharon Dovid Goldberg

Rosh HaYeshiva of Telshe Yeshiva Cleveland

Rabbi Aharon Feldman

Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel

Rabbi Elya Brudny

Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Mir

Rabbi Aryeh Malkiel Kotler

Rosh HaYeshiva of Beis Medrash Govoha

Rabbi Hillel David

Mara D’asra of Kehillas Yeshiva Shaarei Torah

Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin

Rosh HaYeshiva of Mesivta of Lakewood and Telshe

Chacham Yosef Harari-Raful

Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivat Ateret Torah

Rabbi Yosef Frankel

Vyelipoler Rebbe

Rabbi Yakov Horowitz

Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivas Beis Meir

Rabbi Yeruchim Olshin

Rosh HaYeshiva of Beis Medrash Govoha

Rabbi Shlomo Eliyahu Miller

Rosh Kollel and Av Beis Din of Kollel Avreichim Toronto

Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky

Rosh HaYeshiva of Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia

Rabbi Shimon Yehudah Svei

Rosh HaYeshiva of Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia

Statements from the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah

Previous Members of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah

Rabbi Elya Meyer Bloch

Rosh Yeshivas Telshe, Cleveland

28 Teves 5715

Rabbi Simcha Bunim Ehrenfeld

Mattersdorfer Rav

1 Sivan 5778

Rabbi Moshe Yechiel Epstein

Ozherover Rebbi

2 Shevat 5731

Rabbi Yitzchok Feigelstock

Rosh Yeshiva, Mesivta of Long Beach

12 Av 5781

Rabbi Dovid Feinstein

Rosh Yeshiva, Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim

19 Cheshvan 5780

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein

Rosh Yeshiva, Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim

13 Adar II 5746

Rabbi Mordechai Shlomo Friedman

Boyaner Rebbe

5 Adar 5731

Rabbi Mordechai Gifter

Rosh Yeshivas Telz, Cleveland

23 Teves 5761

Rabbi Reuven Grozovsky

Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta Torah Vodaas and Rosh Kollel of Beis Medrash Elyon of Monsey

22 Adar 5718

Rabbi Shlomo Heiman

Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta Torah Vodaas and Rosh Kollel of Beis Medrash Elyon of Monsey

17 Kislev 5705

Rabbi Avrohom Yehoshua Heschel

Kapischnitzer Rebbe

16 Tammuz 5727

Rabbi Moshe Horowitz

Bostoner Rebbe

14 Sivan 5745

Rabbi Yosef Yonah Tzvi Horowitz

Unsdorfer Rav

3 Nissan 5730

Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner

Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin

20 Kislev 5740

Rabbi Avrohom Joffin

Rosh Yeshivas Bais Yosef, Novardok

14 Nissan 5730

Rabbi Shimon Shalom Kalish

Amshonover Rebbe

19 Menachem Av 5714

Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky

Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva Torah Vadaas

29 Adar I 5746

Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Katz

Rosh Yeshivas Telshe, Cleveland  

12 Kislev 5724

Rabbi Aharon Kotler

Rosh Yeshivas Beis Medrash Govoha

2 Kislev 5723

Rabbi Shneur Kotler

Rosh Yeshivas Beis Medrash Govoha

3 Tammuz 5742

Rabbi Avrohom Chaim Levin

Rosh Yeshivas Telshe, Chicago

20 Kislev 5779

Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Pam

Rosh Yeshivas Torah Vodaas

28 Menachem Av 5761

Rabbi Nachum Perlow

Novominsker Rebbe

9 Elul 5736

Rabbi Yaakov Perlow

Novominsker Rebbe

13 Nisan 5780

Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman

Rosh Yeshivas Ner Yisroel

14 Tammuz 5747

Rabbi Aharon M. Schechter

Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin

7 Elul 5783

Rabbi Yonasan Shteiff

Rav of K’hal Adas Yere’im-Vien in New York

9 Elul 5718

Rabbi Eliezer Silver

Rosh Agudas HaRabbonim

8 Shevat 5728

Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik

Rosh Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon

17 Nissan 5753

Rabbi Baruch Sorotzkin

Rosh Yeshivas Telshe, Cleveland

13 Shevat 5739

Rabbi Yisroel Spira

Bluzhover Rebbe

2 Cheshvan 5750

Rabbi Elya Svei

Rosh HaYeshiva-Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia

1 Nissan 5769

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Zaks

Rosh Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon

19 Teves 5734

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