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Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
Israeli rabbi
Israeli rabbi
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| honorific-prefix | Rabbi |
| name | Shlomo Zalman Auerbach |
| שלמה זלמן אויערבאך | |
| image | File:Rabbi gedalia im rashaz.jpg |
| caption | Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (left) with Gedaliah Eiseman (1989) |
| yeshivaposition | Rosh Yeshiva |
| yeshiva | Kol Torah |
| denomination | Orthodox |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Sha'arei Hesed, Ottoman Empire |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Israel |
| spouse | Chaya Rivka Ruchamkin |
| children | Shmuel |
| Ezriel | |
| Avraham Dov (died 2021) | |
| Mordechai | |
| Yaakov Auerbach | |
| Meir Simcha | |
| Baruch | |
| Rachel (married Zalman Nechemia Goldberg) |
| honorific-prefix = Rabbi שלמה זלמן אויערבאך | honorific-suffix = Ezriel Avraham Dov (died 2021) Mordechai Yaakov Auerbach Meir Simcha Baruch Rachel (married Zalman Nechemia Goldberg) Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (; July 20, 1910 – February 20, 1995) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, posek, and rosh yeshiva of the Kol Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem. The Jerusalem neighborhood Ramat Shlomo is named after Auerbach.
Biography
Auerbach was the first child to be born in the Sha'arei Hesed neighborhood of Jerusalem founded by his maternal grandfather, Shlomo Zalman Porush, after whom he was named. His father, Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach, was rosh yeshiva of Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva, and his mother was named Tzivia.
Following his marriage, he studied under Zvi Pesach Frank at Kollel Kerem Tzion.
His first major published work, Meorei Esh, was the first ever written on the subject of using electricity on Shabbat.
He was the brother-in-law of Rabbi Sholom Schwadron, who married his sister Leah.
Auerbach died on February 20, 1995. An estimated 300,000 - 500,000 people attended his funeral in 1995. He was interred on Har HaMenuchot.
Auerbach had seven sons, including rabbis Shmuel Auerbach and Ezriel Auerbach, and three daughters, one of whom was married to Zalman Nechemia Goldberg.
Students
Rabbis who were his students include:
- Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, his son-in-law.
- Meir Kessler
- Avigdor Nebenzahl
- Yehoshua Neuwirth
Works
Sefarim written by Auerbach include:
- Meorei Eish, a pioneering work concerning electricity in halacha, (1935)
- Ma'adanei Eretz, a two-volume book regarding agricultural halacha, (1946)
- Minchas Shlomo (responsa), first volume (1986), second volume (2003)
- Minchas Shlomo, a commentary on the Talmud
He also authored a commentary on Shev Shema'tata.
His rulings on medical matters and halacha were summarized and publicized by Yehoshua Neuwirth in his book Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchatah, Abraham S. Abraham in his Nishmat Avraham, and Avraham Steinberg in his Encyclopedia Hilchatit Refuit.
References
References
- Sofer, D.. "Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt"l". [[Yated Ne'eman (United States)]].
- "Ramat Shlomo". Jerusalem Municipality.
- "Tzadikim".
- Student, Gil. (2011-07-22). "Texting on Shabbos".
- (12 April 2020). "Rav Yitzchok Hakohein Schwadron zt"l {{!}} Matzav.com".
- Avraham Steinberg. (January 1997). "Medical-Halachic decisions of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (1910-1995)". Assia, Jewish Medical Ethics.
- Steinberg, Avraham. (2008). "Medical-Halachic Decisions of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach". The Foundation Stone.
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