Leib Gurwicz

Rabbi
Leib Gurwicz
TitleGateshead Rosh Yeshiva
Personal
Born
Aryeh Ze'ev Kushelevsky

1906
Died20 October 1982
ReligionJudaism
Spouse
  • Liba Lopian
  • Molly Isbee
Children
  • Yitzchak Dovid
  • Avrohom
  • Sarah Leah (Toki)
  • Chaim Ozer
Alma materMir yeshiva (Poland)
Jewish leader
SuccessorRabbi Avrohom Gurwicz
PositionRosh yeshiva
YeshivaGateshead Talmudical College

Aryeh Ze'ev (Leib) Gurwicz (1906[1]–20 October 1982[2][3]) was an influential Orthodox rabbi and Talmudic scholar. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Elyah Lopian and best known as Rosh Yeshiva of the Gateshead Yeshiva in Gateshead, England, where he taught for over 30 years.

He studied at various yeshivas in Lithuania and Poland before moving to England to get married in 1932.

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  2. ^ Saltiel, Manny (2011). "Gedolim Yahrtzeits: Cheshvan". chinuch.org. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
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