Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz

Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz
חיים לייב שמואלביץ
Personal life
Born3 October 1902
Died2 January 1979
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
BuriedHar HaMenuchot

Chaim Leib Halevi Shmuelevitz, (Hebrew: חיים לייב שמואלביץ; 19021979) — also spelled Shmulevitz — was a member of the faculty of the Mirrer Yeshiva for more than 40 years, in Poland, Shanghai and Jerusalem, serving as Rosh yeshiva during its sojourn in Shanghai from 1941 to 1947, and again in the Mirrer Yeshiva in Jerusalem from 1965 to 1979. He taught, guided, and inspired thousands of disciples throughout his lifetime, by word and deed, with legendary diligence and intensity in Torah study.