Asher Weiss
Rabbi Asher Weiss אשר וייס | |
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 Weiss with rabbis Aharon Lichtenstein (left) and Mosheh Lichtenstein (right) | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | March 25, 1953 United States |
| Nationality | American, Israeli |
| Spouse | Pesia Yenta Weiss |
| Children | 6 |
| Parent | Moshe Weiss |
| Dynasty | Sanz-Klausenburg dynasty |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
| Position | Rosh Yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Darchei Moshe |
| Position | Dayan |
| Organisation | Beis Din Tzedek Darchei Torah |
| Dynasty | Sanz-Klausenburg dynasty |
Asher (Usher, Osher) Zelig Weiss[1] (Hebrew: אשר וייס; born March 25, 1953) is a posek (decisor on points of Jewish law), rosh kollel (dean) of Machon Minchas Asher L’Torah V’Horaah and author of the Minchas Asher. He grew up in a Klausenberger hasidic family in Borough Park, Brooklyn.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Weiss was born in the United States where his father, Holocaust survivor Moshe Weiss, was a real estate agent. He studied at Sanz institutions in the United States. In 1966 the family immigrated to Israel[3] and lived in Kiryat Sanz in Netanya, where he studied and was close to Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam. In 2005 he founded Yeshivat Darchei Torah, which he headed. In its early years, Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky, head of the Ponevezh Yeshiva, worked with him.
Weiss is a Torah scholar whose lectures and halachic responsa influence poskim (decisors of points of Jewish law) internationally.[4] Weiss is posek for Shaarei Tzedek Medical Center, maintains a rabbinic court, Beis Din Tzedek Darchei Torah, and heads kollelim (religious schools for adult men). The Keren Hachesed ‘Chasdei Pesia’ is a charity established in memory of his wife, Pesia Yenta Weiss.[4] He is the Rosh Kollel of Machon Minchas Asher L’Torah V’Horaah.
Weiss wrote the Minchas Asher books on Jewish holidays, Torah, medicine and responsa. In 2021, he published a volume of the Minchas Asher responsa, which deals with the issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel and its implications in Halakha (Jewish law).[5]
Family
[edit | edit source]Weiss was married to Pesiah Zalmanowitz,[6] the daughter of Rabbi Yisroel Aryeh Zalmanowitz, and together, they had 6 children.[6] She died in 2018.[6]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Rabbi Aharon Shteinman, The Gerrer Rebbe, and Rav Usher Weiss visit Los Angeles at Google Videos
- Audio lectures given by Rabbi Asher Weiss
- His shiurim, classes and responsa Archived 2015-12-27 at the Wayback Machine
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