Ezriel Auerbach

{{short description|Israeli rabbi}}

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Ezriel Auerbach ({{Langx|he|עזריאל אורבך}}; born 1937), also known as Azriel Auerbach, is a prominent Haredi rabbi and posek.{{cite book |last=Teller |first=Hanoch |title=And From Jerusalem, His Word |year=1995 |publisher=Feldheim Publishers}} He is the son of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, and son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, two renowned poskim. He was considered Rabbi Elyashiv's right-hand man in matters of halakha.{{cite web |url=http://chazaq.org/?section=articles&categoryId=24&articleId=207 |title=Harav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv shlit"a |accessdate=2010-06-10 |publisher=Chazaq}}

Auerbach married Leah Elyashiv (1938–2010), daughter of Rabbi Elyashiv, in 1960.Rebbetzin Leah Auerbach, a"h. Hamodia, Israel News, 27 May 2010, p. A17. They had no children. On October 11, 2012, at the age of 75, Auerbach became engaged to Minna Elyashiv, age 58, the widow of Rabbi Avraham Elyashiv, grandson of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv.{{cite web |url=http://www.bhol.co.il/forums//topic.asp?cat_id=22&topic_id=2979693&forum_id=17053|script-title=he:הגאון רבי עזריאל אויערבאך בן ה-75 מתארס הערב|trans-title=HaGaon Rabbi Ezriel Auerbach, 75, is engaged tonight |work=BeChadrei Charedim |date=11 October 2012 |accessdate=11 October 2012 |language=Hebrew}}