Yisroel Zev Gustman
RabbiYisroel Zev Gustman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1908 |
| Died | June 10, 1991 (aged 82) (28 Sivan 5751 Anno Mundi) |
| Burial place | Mount of Olives |
| Occupation(s) | Rosh Yeshiva, Dayan |
| Spouse | Sarah (Bassin) Gustman |
| Parent | Avrohom Tzvi Gustman |
Yisroel Zev Gustman (1908 - June 10, 1991) was a rabbi, and the last Dayan (rabbinic judge) in Vilna during World War II.
After the war he moved to the United States, and was appointed rosh yeshiva at Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch in Brooklyn, NY. In 1971, he immigrated to Israel, where he established the Netzach Yisroel - Vilna Ramiles Yeshiva in the Rechavia neighborhood of Jerusalem.
On Thursday afternoons, he gave an open, high-level shiur in the yeshiva, attended by "Rabbis, intellectuals, religious court judges, a Supreme Court justice and various professors."