Beit Matityau Yeshiva
Beit Matityau Yeshiva is a Yeshiva gedolah in Bnei Brak, Israel, that belongs to the Orthodox-Litvaks movement. The Rosh Yeshiva and its founder is Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker.
History[edit]
Beit Matityahu, a prominent Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, caters to the Litvaks Jewish community. It was founded in 1981 by Rabbi Baruch Weisbecker, who previously served as Rosh Mesivta at Yeshivat Kol Torah[1] and Beit Hatalmud. The Yeshiva initially shared facilities with Beit Yosef-Novardok Yeshiva in Givat Rokach, the first Yeshiva in Bnei Brak that was established by Rabbi Matityahu Shtzigel, the founder and principal of Beit Yosef Yeshiva, and his name is immortalized in the name of the yeshiva.
Encouraged by Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky and Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach, who became the Rosh Yeshiva and was signed on its manifest, Rabbi Weisbecker launched this institution. Early associates included Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman and Rabbi Gershon Edelstein.
As of the 2021 academic year, over 650 students studied at the yeshiva. The teaching staff at the yeshiva includes: Rabbi Sharga Zvi Fischhof, Rabbi Nachum Leva, Rabbi Israel Meir Man (son-in-law of the Rosh yeshiva), son of Rabbi Mordechai Man, Rabbi Zvi Weisbecker.[2] and Rabbi Yehuda Weisbecker (son of the Rosh Yeshiva) as well as Rabbi Mordechai Winter. Rabbi Shlomo Breuer, son of Prof. Mordechai Breuer and son-in-law of Rabbi Gedaliah Isman, overseer of Yeshiva Kol Torah, serves as spiritual director.[1] Other overseers at the yeshiva are Rabbi Yehoshua Ravitz, the second son of the founder of the Degel HaTorah party, Rabbi Avraham Ravitz, as well as Rabbi Shimon Dov Pochovitz. In the past, Rabbi Uri Weissblom Rabbi Shlomo Cohen and Rabbi Naftali Kaplan served as supervisors. In the past, Rabbi Gabriel Yosef Levy, who retired and founded Yeshiva Be'er HaTorah, and Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Hershler, until his death in 2017, Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Rappaport (left the yeshiva in 2023) served at the yeshiva.
Among the graduates of the yeshiva is Chief Rabbinate of Israel, Rabbi David Lau.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "My Take On The News". Yated Ne'eman, April 7, 2021
- ^ "Tefillos for Rav Baruch Weisbecker". matzav.com, December 16, 2022