Aryeh Finkel
{{Short description|Israeli rabbi (1931–2016)}}
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אריה פינקל
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| caption = Rabbi Aryeh Finkel holding the Four Species at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem
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| yeshiva = Mir Brachfeld
| yeshivaposition = Rosh Yeshiva
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| began = 2005
| ended = Aug. 9, 2016
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| other_post = Mashgiach, Mir Jerusalem
| birth_name = Aryeh Finkel
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|7|28}}
| birth_place = Fieni, Romania
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|8|9|1931|7|28}}
| death_place = Modi'in Illit, Israel
| buried = Har Hamenuchos
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| denomination = Haredi
| residence = Modi'in Illit
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| children = Rabbi Binyomin Finkel
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Aryeh Finkel ({{Langx|he|אריה פינקל}}; 1931–2016) was a Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Mir Brachfeld branch of the Mir Yeshiva. Before assuming his post at the new yeshiva branch in 2005, he served as the Mashgiach at the Mir in Jerusalem for many decades.
Biography
Aryeh Finkel was the son of Rabbi Chaim Zev Finkel (1906–1965), founder of Yeshivas Heichal HaTorah in Tel Aviv and Mashgiach at the Mir in Jerusalem.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zhdp9btWGWQC&pg=PA597|title=Where Heaven Touches Earth: Jewish life in Jerusalem from medieval times to the present |page=597|last=Rossoff |first=Dovid |year=1998 |publisher=Feldheim Publishers |isbn=0-87306-879-3}} He is the grandson of Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, who led the yeshiva in Poland and brought it to Israel.Ben Nun, Dov. "Advocates at the Gates of Mercy: Rav Aryeh Finkel, The Mirrer Yeshiva, Jerusalem". Mishpacha, 26 September 2011, p. 55. He is a second cousin of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir from 1990 to 2011, and first cousin to the latter's wife. He is also
Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl's brother-in-law.
Finkel inherited his position as Mashgiach of the Mir from his father. He began serving in this position under Rabbi Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz.
He was the long-time Shaliach Tzibbur (cantor) for Rosh Hashana (Mussaf) and Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre, Maariv and Mussaf) at the Mir in Jerusalem.
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External links
- [http://matzav.com/video-rav-aryeh-finkel-lighting-the-menorah Video: Rav Aryeh Finkel lighting the menorah (2009)]
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