Mordechai Gifter
Rabbi Mordechai Gifter | |
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Gifter in 1988 | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | October 15, 1915 Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | January 18, 2001 |
| Nationality | American |
| Children | 6 Binyomin Gifter Shmuel Zalman Gifter Yisroel Gifter Shlomis Eisenberg Chasya Reisman Luba Rochel Feuer |
| Parent | Yisroel Gifter |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Haredi Orthodox Judaism |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Chaim Mordechai Katz |
| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Telz Yeshiva |
| Began | 1964 |
| Ended | January 18, 2001 |
Mordechai Gifter (October 15, 1915 - January 18, 2001) was an American Haredi rabbi. He was the rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Telz Yeshiva in Cleveland. He was a staunch opponent of Zionism.
Gifter studied in yeshivas in Lithuania, and held several rabbinical positions in the United States.