Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz

Rabbi Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz
Personal
Born	Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz 1913 Volozhin
Died	27 June 2011 (aged 97–98) Jerusalem
Religion	Judaism
Spouse	Chava Esther Gershonowitz
Children	Moshe Dovid Avraham Yitzchak daughter (died in infancy)[1]
Parent(s)	Moshe Dovid and Chaya Lefkowitz
Denomination	Haredi
Alma mater	Hebron Yeshiva
Occupation	Rosh yeshiva, maggid shiur
Position	Rosh yeshiva
Yeshiva	Yeshivas Ponovezh L’Tzeirim
Began	1954
Ended	2010
Other	Maggid shiur, Yeshivas Tiferes Tzion, 1940–2011
Buried	28 June 2011, Bnei Brak
Residence	Bnei Brak

Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz (1913 – 27 June 2011)^[1] was an Israeli Haredi Torah leader and rosh yeshiva in Bnei Brak for over 70 years. He was a maggid shiur at Yeshivas Tiferes Tzion from 1940 to 2011 and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ponovezh L’Tzeirim from 1954 to 2009, raising thousands of students. He was a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Degel HaTorah, a member of Mifal HaShas, and nasi (president) of the Acheinu kiruv organization, and played a leading role in the fight for Torah-true education in yeshivas and Talmud Torahs in Israel. In addition to his own Torah works, he published the teachings of his rebbi, Rabbi Shlomo Heiman, in the two-volume Chiddushei Shlomo.