Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi

Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi (March 27, 1929 – October 26, 2023) was a prominent Hareidi rabbi, and a leader of the non-Hasidic Lithuanian Jews.[1] He was the Rosh Yeshiva of Ateres Yisrael in Bayit Vegan in Jerusalem,[2] and a member of the Degel Hatorah Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael.[3][1][4]

Rav
Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi
ברוך מרדכי אזרחי‎
Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi
TitleRosh Yeshiva
Personal
ReligionJudaism
NationalityIsraeli
SpouseShulamit Ezrachi
Alma materHebron Yeshiva
PositionRosh Yeshiva
YeshivaAteres Yisrael
OtherTalmudic scholar Member of the Degel Hatorah Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael
ResidenceBayit Vegan

Rav Ezrachi's brother is Rav Yitzchok Ezrachi, a Rosh Yeshiva at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Rav Ezrachi was the son-in-law of the late Rabbi Meir Chodosh, mashgiach ruchani at the Hebron Yeshiva.[5]

Works

Rav Ezrachi has written many volumes of commentary on Torah, Talmud, halacha, Jewish festivals, and thought, called Birkas Mordechai (Hebrew: ברכת מרדכי‎ Blessings of Mordechai).

As per his Hebron Yeshiva heritage, Rav Ezrachi didn't employ the Brisker method even though he considered himself a protégé of Rav Dovid Soloveitchik.[6] Rather, he used the more traditional methods of analysing and comparing Talmudic texts. This involves bringing up questions on the source which challenge the students' understanding to an uncomfortable degree, then resolving the issue by reinterpreting the text to a true understanding.[7]

References
  1. Ettinger, Yair (October 21, 2013). "Analysis The Irreparable Split in Israel's Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox Community". Haaretz. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  2. "Ateres Yisrael Yeshiva Buildings in Yerushalayim Approved - Yeshiva World News". theyeshivaworld.com. June 13, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  3. "HaGaon Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi Taken to the Hospital - Yeshiva World News". theyeshivaworld.com. February 11, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  4. "Ateret Yisrael". www.torahindex.com. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  5. "BDE: Rebbetzin Shulamis Ezrachi, Wife Of Rabbi Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, Passes Away At 91 - VINnews". Vos Iz Neias. December 27, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  6. "Between Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi & Brisk". amimagazine.org. September 2, 2018.
  7. "Mishpacha Jewish Family Weekly". www.mishpacha.com. Retrieved August 20, 2017.

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