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Rabbi Elyakim Schlesinger, Veteran London Rosh Yeshiva, Dies at 104

His decades of leadership shaped postwar Torah study in Britain.

Overview

  • Community officials said he died after pneumonia led to kidney complications following hospitalization on Tuesday night.
  • His funeral was scheduled for Wednesday in London with burial at Enfield cemetery.
  • Born in Vienna in 1921, he led Yeshivas Pnei Moshe in Jerusalem before returning to Europe to strengthen postwar Torah life and then settling in London.
  • He founded Yeshivas HaRama and helped establish advanced learning in Britain, including a kollel for married scholars.
  • His writings, including Hador Vehatekufah and the multi-volume Beis Av, documented earlier rabbinic giants, and he championed protection of Jewish cemeteries across Europe.