Since there is no purpose for the homosexual drive, Rav Moshe contends, it must not be a true drive.

Others, including Rav Moshe Feinstein did not advocate abandoning the custom, but he certainly opposed the tendency to expand the list of forbidden kitniyot ( see Igrot Moshe, Orah Hayyim 3.

* Rav Dr. Moshe David Tendler-Rav Tendler is the Rabbi Isaac and Bella Tendler Professor of Jewish Medical Ethics, and is a Professor of Biology, as well as being a Rosh Yeshiva in Yeshivat Rav Yitzchak Elchanan ( MYP / RIETS ).

Holding a PhD in Microbiology, Rav Tendler is among the most prominent students of both Rav Moshe Feinstein, zt ' l ( his father-in-law ) and Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik.

Roshei Yeshiva following Rav Kook's passing in 1935 included Rav Yaakov Moshe Charlap, Rav Shlomo Ra ' anan, and Rav Kook's son, Tzvi Yehuda Kook, Rav Avraham Shapiro and Rav Yaakov Shapiro.

Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer and Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein writing in support and defense of Rav Kook

Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer and Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein: " Our honored friend, the great gaon and glory of the generation, our master and teacher, Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen, shlita "

* Simcha Raz, Angel Among Men: Impressions from the Life of Rav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook Zt "" L, translated ( from Hebrew ) Moshe D. Lichtman, Urim Publications 2003.

Other religious Zionist institutions are Yeshivat Or Etzion ( founded by Rav Haim Druckman, a foremost disciple of Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook ), Yeshivat HaKotel, Yeshivat Birkat Moshe in Maale Adumim, Yeshivat Har Hamor, Ein HaNatziv Women's Seminary and the Yaacov Herzog Institute for Jewish Studies.

Moses Rosen ( known in Hebrew as David Moshe Rozen דוד משה רוזן ) ( July 23, 1912-May 6, 1994 ) was Chief Rabbi ( Rav Kolel ) of Romanian

* Moshe Shatzkes, Rav of Iwye, 1913 – 1941

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein once said that the decisions of the Aruch HaShulchan — who was a full-time Rav — take precedence over many poskim who were not active rabbanim.

Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzinski: " Our friend, the gaon, our master and teacher, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook, shlita "

In 1904, at age 17, Teitelbaum married Chavah née Horowitz, the daughter of Rabbi Abraham Chaim Horowitz, the Plontcher Rav.

His primary work was Chidushei Rav Chaim HaLevi, a volume of insights on the Mishneh Torah which often would suggest novel understandings of the Talmud as well.

After a few years, his father was appointed as a Rav in Slutzk, where young Chaim was first educated.

* Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld ( 1848 – 1932 ), anti-Zionist Rav of Jerusalem

* Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, Rav of Vilnius, born in Iwye

The axiom of Bnei Akiva is Torah v ’ Avodah, a phrase coined by Rav Shmuel Chaim Landau ( Shachal ).

* Chiddushei VeShiurei Rav Chaim Pinchas – shiurim and new Torah thoughts on numerous Talmudic tractates

His father, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Halberstam, the Rav of Rudnik, instilled in the young Yekusiel Yehudah a love of Hasidut and Torah scholarship, sharing with him stories of how the Divrei Chaim learned, prayed and conducted his tish ( Shabbat and Jewish holiday celebratory table ).

She was also a descendant of the Divrei Chaim: her grandfather, Rabbi Sholom Eliezer Halberstam, was one of the seven sons of the Sanzer Rav.

* Bernard Rosenzweig, The Rav as Communal Leader, Tradition 30. 4, p. 214-215, 1996

Rav Yisroel charted out where he thought the Bnei Reuven were probably located, and sent an emissary, Rav Pinchas Baruch, to locate them ( Sefer Halikutim to the Shabsei Frankel edition of Rambam, Hilchos Sanhedrin 4: 11 ).

On January 4, 2006, Rabbi Yaaqov Medan and Rabbi Baruch Gigi were officially invested as co-roshei yeshiva alongside Rav Amital and Rav Lichtenstein, with an eye toward Rabbi Amital's intention to retire.

The Rav 4 is particularly praised for its trunk / cargo capacity.

* The Responsa () Rav Pe ' alim ( Rab Pəʻalim ) and Torah Lishmah.

His numerous disciples — some of whom were very influential and who, for the most part, were also disciples of Samuel — amplified and, in their capacity as instructors and by their discussions, continued the work of Rav.

Following the Reb Velvel ( the " Brisker Rav ," see above ), many Briskers in Israel are very stringent in ritual tithes (" trumos uma ' asros " in Hebrew ).

Once an adam gadol, a very learned man, discussed the Halachic implications of the Rebbe's zmanim with the late Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach.

As Rav of the city of Bratislava, he maintained a strong Orthodox Jewish perspective through communal life, first-class education, and uncompromising opposition to Reform and radical change.

Concerning the social position and the personal history of Rav we were not informed.

Rav died at an advanced age, deeply mourned by numerous disciples and the entire Babylonian Jewry, which he had raised from comparative insignificance to the leading position in Judaism ( Shabbat 110a, Mo ' ed Katan 24a ).

Rav Ashi's son Tabyomi, always spoken of as " Mar ( Master ), the son of Rab Ashi ," was a recognized scholar, but it was not until 455, 28 years after his father's death, that he was invested with the position that his father had so successfully filled for more than half a century.

The term " dayyane di baba " (" judges of the gate "), which was applied in the post-Talmudic time to the members of the court of the exilarch, is derived from the phrase just quoted Harkavy, l. c .. Two details of Nahman ben Jacob's life cast light on his position at the court of the exilarch: he received the two scholars Rav Chisda and Rabba b. Huna, who had come to pay their respects to the exilarch ( Sukkah 10b ); and when the exilarch was building a new house he asked Nahman to take charge of the placing of the mezuzah according to the Law 33a.

Many others however claimed his younger brother Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, the Rav Hatzuir ( Junior Ruv ), as the successor, and both groups of Hasidim claim their Rabbi as the rightful inheritor of the position of Bobover Rebbe.

Eventually, following many years as a senior lecturer in the renowned Volozhiner Yeshiva, he accepted a position as Rav of Brest, Belarus ( Brisk in Yiddish ), then in Imperial Russia, now in Belarus.

Then he returned to Bodniv, where he accepted the position of Rav and av beit din of the Jewish community there.

Today Rabbi Akiva's son, Rabbi Yitzchok Yechiel Ehrenfeld, holds the position of Rav of Kiryat Mattersdorf.

After Rav Amram stated his position, Rav Sheishet retorted: " Are you from Pumbedita, where they push an elephant through the eye of a needle?

Rav loved the Book of Ecclesiasticus ( Sirach ), and warned his disciple Hamnuna against unjustifiable asceticism by quoting advice contained therein — that, considering the transitoriness of human life ( Eruvin 54a ), one should not despise the good things of this world.

In 1817 the Peshva Baji Rav II fought against the British in the battle of Khadki.