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Yehoshua Leib Diskin

Lithuanian rabbi (1818–1898)

Summary

Lithuanian rabbi (1818–1898)

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	Rabbi
name	Moshe Yehoshua Yehudah Leib Diskin
native-name	משה יהושע יהודה לייב דיסקין
native-name-lang	he
title	Maharil Diskin
image	Yehoshua Leib Diskin.jpg
synagogueposition
organisation	Diskin Orphanage
birth_date
birth_place	Grodno, Russian Empire
death_date
death_place	Jerusalem, Mutassarifate of Jerusalem (Syrian provinces), Ottoman Empire
yahrtzeit	29 Tevet
burial_place	Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
nationality
denomination	Perushim
dynasty
father
spouse	(second wife)
children
occupation	Rabbi

| honorific-prefix = Rabbi | native-name = משה יהושע יהודה לייב דיסקין | native-name-lang = he | honorific-suffix = Moshe Yehoshua Yehuda Leib Diskin (1818–1898), also known as the Maharil Diskin, was a leading rabbi, Talmudist, and Biblical commentator. He served as a rabbi in Łomża, Mezritch, Kovno, Shklov, Brisk, and, finally, Jerusalem, after moving to Eretz Yisrael in 1878. He opened what today is known as the Diskin Orphan Home in 1881.

Biography

Yehoshua Leib Diskin was born on December 8, 1818, then Volkovisk, and later Łomża.

He married Hinda Rachel, daughter of Rabbi Broder, and lived with his father-in-law in Wolkowitz. He received semikhah (rabbinic ordination) at the age of 18, and inherited his father's rabbinate of Łomża at the age of 25.

Diskin's second wife, , was known as the "Brisker Rebbetzin". She had a very strong mind, and came from a prestigious family descended from Yechezkel Landau (the "Nodah bi-Yehudah") and Joshua Zeitlin. She died in 1907. Diskin's brother Avraham Shmuelborn 1827 in Łomża, who later became a rabbi himselfpre-deceased him.

Rabbinic career

In 1878, Diskin left his rabbinical position in Brest-Litovsk and moved to Ottoman Palestine, where he became recognized as a leading rabbinic figure in the Ashkenazi community of Jerusalem. In the 1880s, Diskin was offered the position of Chief Rabbi of New York City, which he declined. Diskin established a yeshiva by the name of Ohel Moshe (). He held the line against attempts by he (Jewish Enlightenment) to introduce secular institutions to Jerusalem. His son was Yitzhak Yerucham Diskin.

Diskin Orphanage

The city's large religious community was then living under near impossible conditions. The persecution and disease from which the Jews of the Holy Land suffered moved Diskin to open a home for orphans in the Old City, Diskin's second wife, Sarah (Sonia Rotner), brought 40,000 rubles into the marriage which was used for the support of this institution.

Death and legacy

Diskin died on January 23, 1898 (29 Tevet 5658). He is buried on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem. Diskin Street in the Sha'arei Hesed neighbourhood is named after him.

References

Bibliography

References

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