Dovid Schustal
Appearance
Rabbi Dovid Schustal | |
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Personal | |
Born | Dovid Tzvi Schustal July 1947 (age 77) |
Religion | Judaism |
Parent(s) | Rabbi Eliyahu Simcha Schustal Sarah Ehrenfeld |
Denomination | Haredi |
Jewish leader | |
Predecessor | Rabbi Shneur Kotler |
Position | Rosh yeshiva |
Yeshiva | Beth Medrash Govoha |
Began | 1982 |
Residence | Lakewood, New Jersey |
Dovid Tzvi Schustal (Hebrew: דוד צבי שוסטאל) (born July 1947)[1] is an Orthodox rabbi and one of the four roshei yeshiva (deans) of Beth Medrash Govoha (the Lakewood Yeshiva) in Lakewood, New Jersey. He shares this post with rabbis Malkiel Kotler, Yerucham Olshin, and Yisroel Neuman.[2][3]
Biography
[edit]Schustal is the eldest child of Rabbi Eliyahu Simcha Schustal and his wife, Sarah, the daughter of Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld.[4] He was born a year after his parents' marriage and their move to Monsey, New York, where Simcha Schustal was rosh kollel of the kollel attached to Beth Medrash Elyon for nearly 30 years.[1]
Schustal married the daughter of the previous rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha, Shneur Kotler.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Donn, Yochonon. "Hagaon Harav Eliyahu Simcha Schustal, zt"l, Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Binyomin in Stamford". Hamodia, 3 May 2012, pp. B30-31.
- ^ Gesser, Yosef (2010). "Thousands Participate in BMG Brooklyn Shabbos and Dinner". Hamodia. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ "Second Annual Bais Medrash Govoah Shabbos of Chizuk and Melava Malka in Monsey". matzav.com. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ Hoffman, Rafael. "Rebbetzin Sarah Schustal, a"h". Hamodia, 26 Nov 2015, p. 21.
- ^ Dershowitz, Rabbi Yitzchok (2006). The Legacy Of Maran Rav Aharon Kotler. Feldheim Publishers. p. 268. ISBN 1-58330-875-X.
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