Avigdor Nebenzahl
{{short description|Israeli Orthodox rabbi and posek (born 1935)}}
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Avigdor Nebenzahl ({{Langx|he|אביגדר נבנצל}}; born 1935) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and posek. He is the senior rosh yeshiva at Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh, a faculty member at Yeshivat HaKotel, and rabbi of the Ramban Synagogue. Nebenzahl, previously, served as rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem, before the post was handed over to his son Chizkiyahu Nebenzahl.
Biography
Avigdor Nebenzahl was born to Yitzhak Nebenzahl, the State Comptroller of Israel from 1948 to 1981, Israel's Ombudsman from 1961 to 1981, and a senior officer in the Bank of Israel and the {{ill|Israel Postal Bank|he|בנק הדואר}}. His sister, Plia Albeck, was head of the Civil Department of the State Prosecutor's Office for 24 years.27 September 2005 [http://www.haaretz.com/news/plia-albeck-who-paved-legal-way-for-100-settlements-dies-1.170761/ "Plia Albeck, Who Paved Legal Way for 100 Settlements, Dies"], Haaretz Nebenzahl's first wife, Shifra Nebenzahl (née Finkel), died on February 12, 2016. Shifra was a member of the Mirrer Yeshiva family; her paternal grandfather, Eliezer Yehuda Finkel was its rosh yeshiva for 48 years. Her father, Chaim Zev Finkel, was a mashgiach ruchani (spiritual guidance counselor) of the yeshiva. Her brother-in-law, Aaron Chodosh, was a mashgiach there, and her brother Aryeh Finkel was the rosh yeshiva of its Brachfeld branch until his death on August 10, 2016.[http://matzav.com/rebbetzin-shifra-nebenzahl-ah/ Obituary:Rebbetzin Shifra Nebenzahl] Nebenzahl remarried at age 83.19 September 2018 [https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/1593655/mazel-tov-rav-avigdor-nebenzal-engaged-to-be-re-married-at-age-83.html "Mazel Tov! Rav Avigdor Nebenzahl Engaged To Be Re-Married At Age 83"], Yeshiva World News. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
Rabbinic career
Nebenzahl was a faculty member of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem before accepting positions at Yeshivat HaKotel and Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh, where he has given weekly lectures. He hosts many of those students in his home for kiddush after Shabbat morning prayer services. Nebenzahl's scholarly works include a commentary on the Mishnah Berurah, books about the laws of the Jewish holidays and tractate Shabbat. He is the author of essays on the weekly Torah portion. Nebenzahl was Shlomo Zalman Auerbach's study partner for over 40 years. Joel Landau assisted Nebenzahl in publishing one of his first works.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rabbis.org/news/article.cfm?id=105609|title=Rabbinical Council of America (RCA)|website=www.rabbis.org|access-date=2017-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009120121/http://www.rabbis.org/news/article.cfm?id=105609|archive-date=2016-10-09|url-status=dead}}
Views and opinions
In 2004, Nebenzahl stated before an Israeli court that any Jew guilty of selling parts of what he termed the Land of Israel falls under the law of Din Rodef, meaning he is subject to being killed legally under religious law.Nadav Shragai [http://www.haaretz.com/top-rabbi-din-rodef-on-anyone-ceding-land-1.127153 'Top Rabbi: Din Rodef on Anyone Ceding Land,'] Haaretz 30 June 2004 In October of that year, Nebenzahl was one of the signatories to a letter of rabbis calling on members of the Israel Defense Forces to refuse to follow orders in connection with the Israeli disengagement from Gaza.{{cite news |last1=Marciano |first1=Ilan |last2=Weiss |first2=Efrat |date=19 October 2004|title=הקיבוץ הדתי נגד סירוב פקודה |trans-title=The Religious Kibbutz Movement Opposes Refusing Orders|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2991995,00.html |language=Hebrew|work=ynet |location= |access-date=6 April 2022}}
In 2017, Nebenzahl penned a letter to Chaim Kanievsky, in which he decried the Jerusalem Municipality for sponsoring interfaith Hanukkah parties. In the letter, he implored Kanievsky to "instruct the members of the Knesset, Rabbi Gafni and Rabbi Maklev, to cancel this disgrace and remove the wrath of God from our people even before this matter becomes a big phenomenon that will be much more difficult to stop afterwards".{{cite news|last1=Sones|first1=Mordechai|title=Jerusalem Municipality Blasted for Interfaith Hanukkah Parties|url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/239257|access-date=5 April 2022|work=Israel National News|date=13 December 2017}}
Nebenzahl opposes Jewish tour groups to the Temple Mount. After Itamar Ben-Gvir led a group of Jewish worshippers onto the Temple Mount on Tisha B'Av in 2024, Nebenzahl and four other senior rabbis issued a video statement at the urging of Jerusalem mayor Moshe Lion{{mdash}}in Hebrew with Arabic subtitles{{mdash}}stating that it is strictly forbidden for Jews to enter the compound, and called for calm.{{cite news |last1=Freid |first1=Shilo |title=Senior Jerusalem Rabbis Urge In Hebrew, Arabic Not to Visit Temple Mount |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rk6yllccr |access-date=15 August 2024 |work=Ynet |date=14 August 2024}}
Published works
Teshuvot Avigdor Halevi: She'elot u-teshuvot be-4 ḥelḳe ha-shulḥan ʻarukh tanakh ṿe-nośʼim shonim
Sefer Mi-Tsiyon mikhlal yofi : ḥidushim u-veʼurim ṿe-heʻarot
Yerushalayim be-moʻadeha
Sichot al ha-Torah
References
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External links
- [http://torahdownloads.com/s-143-rabbi-avigdor-neventzal.html Shiurim by Nebenzahl]
- [http://www.hakotel.org.il/ Yeshivat HaKotel Site]
- [https://kollelkotel.com/ Kollel Kotel]
- [http://www.yna.edu/ Netiv Aryeh Site]
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