Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (born 1965)
Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel אליעזר יהודה פינקל | |
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Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (December 2015) | |
| Title | Rosh Yeshivas Mir |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Eliezer Yehuda Finkel September 16, 1965 |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Parent(s) | Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel Rachel Leah Finkel |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Haredi |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel |
| Position | Rav |
| Synagogue | Mir Yeshiva Jerusalem |
| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Mir yeshiva (Jerusalem) |
| Position | Rosh Yeshiva |
| Organisation | Mir Yeshiva Jerusalem |
| Began | 2011 |
| Residence | Jerusalem, Israel |
Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (also called Leizer Yudel Finkel) is a Haredi Jewish rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, which is considered to be the largest yeshiva in Israel with a student body of 6,000 students. He acceded to the position of rosh yeshiva after his father, Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, died suddenly on 8 November 2011.