Nachum Zev Dessler

{{Short description|Lithuania-born Orthodox Jewish Rabbi}}

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| organisation = Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

| organisationposition = Dean

| began = 1943

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| birth_date = 1921

| birth_place = Kelm, Lithuania

| death_date = January 23, 2011

| death_place = Cleveland, Ohio

| buried = Jerusalem, Israel

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| denomination = Orthodox

| residence = Cleveland, Ohio

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| parents = Eliyahu Eliezer and Bluma Dessler

| spouse = Miriam

| children = Reuven, Eli, Simcha, Sarika, Malki, Peshy

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| semicha = Rav Eliyahu Meir Bloch; Rav Chaim Mordechai Katz

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Nachum Zev (Velvel) Dessler (1921 – January 23, 2011) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi as well as founder and dean of the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland.{{cite news|last=Schneider|first=Yossi|title=Rav Nochum Zev (Velvel) Dessler zt"l|url=http://matzav.com/rav-nochum-zev-velvel-dessler-ztl|accessdate=26 January 2011|newspaper=Matzav.com|date=January 23, 2011}}{{cite news|last=Breckenridge|first=Tom|title=Rabbi N.W. Dessler was dean of Hebrew Academy of Cleveland|url=http://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2011/01/rabbi_nw_dessler_dean_of_hebre.html|accessdate=25 January 2011|newspaper=The Plain Dealer|date=January 23, 2011}}

Dessler was also instrumental in building the National Society for Hebrew Day Schools.