Michael Rosensweig
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Michael Rosensweig is a Rosh Yeshiva
and Rosh Kollel at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
of Yeshiva University
.
at Yeshivat Har Etzion
in Israel
, where he became one of his prized disciples.
After completing his year and a half tenure there, R. Rosensweig returned to study under Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik at Yeshiva University
. He received his Semicha (ordination) from YU's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
, and became one of the early fellows in RIETS's nascent Gruss Kollel Elyon.
R. Rosensweig graduated summa cum laude from Yeshiva College
. He then received his M.A. and Ph.d. in medieval Jewish history from YU's Bernard Revel Graduate School. There he studied under R. Dr. Haym Soloveitchik
, for whom he wrote both his M.A. thesis ("The Role of Kinsa and Rotehin in the Purging Process of Wine Barrels in Medieval Ashkenaz and Provence: A Case Study in the History of Halakhah") and doctoral dissertation ("Debt Collection in Absentia: Halakhah in a Mobile and Commercial Age"). Rosensweig is one of the only doctoral students mentored by Dr. Soloveitchik..
at RIETS. In 1997, he was appointed Rosh Kollel (Dean) of the prestigious Beren Institute for Advanced Talmudic Studies (Beren Kollel Elyon) at RIETS.
Rosh yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the dean of a Talmudical academy . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh — meaning head, and yeshiva — a school of religious Jewish education...
and Rosh Kollel at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , or Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan, is the rabbinical seminary of Yeshiva University, located in Washington Heights, New York. It is named after Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, who died the year it was founded, 1896...
of Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a research university ranked as 45th in the US among national universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2012...
.
Education
Rabbi Rosensweig graduated early from the Yeshiva High School of Queens. At the young age of 16, Rosensweig left to study under Rabbi Aharon LichtensteinAharon Lichtenstein
Aharon Lichtenstein is a noted Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva.Rabbi Lichtenstein was born in Paris, France, but grew up in the United States, studied in Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin under Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner...
at Yeshivat Har Etzion
Yeshivat Har Etzion
Yeshivat Har Etzion, ', commonly known as "Gush," is a hesder yeshiva located in Alon Shvut, a community in Gush Etzion in the West Bank, near Jerusalem, Israel. With a student body of 484, it is one of the largest hesder yeshivas in Israel...
in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, where he became one of his prized disciples.
After completing his year and a half tenure there, R. Rosensweig returned to study under Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik at Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a research university ranked as 45th in the US among national universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2012...
. He received his Semicha (ordination) from YU's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , or Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan, is the rabbinical seminary of Yeshiva University, located in Washington Heights, New York. It is named after Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, who died the year it was founded, 1896...
, and became one of the early fellows in RIETS's nascent Gruss Kollel Elyon.
R. Rosensweig graduated summa cum laude from Yeshiva College
Yeshiva College
Yeshiva College is located in New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood in Upper Manhattan. It is Yeshiva University’s undergraduate college of liberal arts and sciences for men...
. He then received his M.A. and Ph.d. in medieval Jewish history from YU's Bernard Revel Graduate School. There he studied under R. Dr. Haym Soloveitchik
Haym Soloveitchik
Rabbi Dr. Haym Soloveitchik is the only son of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He graduated from the Maimonides School which his father founded in Brookline, Massachusetts and then received his B.A. degree from Harvard College in 1958 with a major in History. After two years of post-graduate study...
, for whom he wrote both his M.A. thesis ("The Role of Kinsa and Rotehin in the Purging Process of Wine Barrels in Medieval Ashkenaz and Provence: A Case Study in the History of Halakhah") and doctoral dissertation ("Debt Collection in Absentia: Halakhah in a Mobile and Commercial Age"). Rosensweig is one of the only doctoral students mentored by Dr. Soloveitchik..
Appointment as Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel
In 1985, R. Dr. Rosensweig was appointed Rosh Yeshiva, at which time he was RIETS's youngest Rosh Yeshiva. He currently occupies the Nathan and Perel Schupf Chair of TalmudTalmud
The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....
at RIETS. In 1997, he was appointed Rosh Kollel (Dean) of the prestigious Beren Institute for Advanced Talmudic Studies (Beren Kollel Elyon) at RIETS.
Lecturer
R. Rosensweig is known for his highly sophisticated and rigorous approach in conceptual Talmudic analysis, as well as his command of the halachik literature. His shiurim (Talmudic Lectures) intricately develop the minutia of a particular sugya while contextualizing them in their broader halachik framework.Articles
- Family Structure: Halakhic and Anthropological Perspectives, in Higayon: מחקרים בדרכי החשיבה של חז"ל, 1989.
- "Elu va-Elu Divre Elokim Hayyim: Halakhic Pluralism and Theories of Controversy", in TRADITION 26:3, 1992.
- Reflections on the Conceptual Approach to Talmud Torah, in לומדות,The conceptual Approach to Talmud Torah, 2006.
- Personal Initiative and Creativity in Avodat Hashem, in Torah Umadda Journal 1, 1989