Eliyahu Meir Bloch
Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1894 |
| Died | January 22, 1955 Cleveland, Ohio, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Rivka Bloch née Kaplan |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch |
| Successor | Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Katz |
| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Telshe Yeshiva |
| Buried | January 23, 1955 Mount Olive Cemetery, Solon, Ohio |
| Residence | Cleveland, Ohio |
Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch (October 23, 1894 – January 22, 1955), often referred to as Rav Elya Meir Bloch, was a leading Orthodox Jewish rabbi in the United States in the years after World War II. He founded the Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio together with Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Katz, and served as its first rosh yeshiva.