Zalman Sorotzkin

Rabbi
Zalman Sorotzkin
זלמן סורוצקין
Personal life
Born1880/1881
Žagarinė (or Žagarė), Lithuania
DiedJune 27, 1966 (85-86)
Jerusalem, Israel
SpouseMiriam
ChildrenRabbi Elchanan
Rabbi Boruch
Rabbi Eliezer
Rabbi Yisrael
Rabbi Bentzion
Parents
  • Rabbi Bentzion (father)
  • Chaina (mother)
Alma materVolozhin Yeshiva
Slabodka Yeshiva
Telz Yeshiva
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationHaredi
Jewish leader
PredecessorRabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer (Moetzes)
PositionRabbi
Synagogue Dziatłava
Lutsk
PositionChairman
OrganisationMoetzes Gedolei HaTorah
OtherChairman of Chinuch Atzmai
Yahrtzeit9 Tammuz 5726

Zalman Sorotzkin, also known as the Lutzker Rav (Hebrew: זלמן סורוצקין; 1881–1966), was an Orthodox rabbi who served as the rabbi of Lutsk, Ukraine.

By the end of his life he was noted for his leadership of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages, Agudath Israel) The main street in Jerusalem's Kiryat Itri neighborhood, Rechov Sorotzkin, is named after him.