Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Slabodka)

Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel
Personal
Born	1849 Raseiniai
Died	February 1, 1927 Jerusalem
Religion	Judaism
Spouse	Gittel
Parents	Moshe (father) Miriam (mother)
Denomination	Orthodox Judaism
Alma mater	Kelm Talmud Torah
Position	Founder
Yeshiva	Slabodka Yeshiva Chevron Yeshiva
Began	1882
Ended	1927
Yahrtzeit	29 Shevat 5687

Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Hebrew: נתן צבי פינקל, Sephardic/Israeli: Natan Tzvi; Yiddish: נָטע הערש, romanized: Nota Hirsch; 1849–1927) was an influential Lithuanian Jewish leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe and founder of the Slabodka yeshiva, in the town of Sloboda Vilyampolskaya (now Vilijampolė, a suburb of Kaunas). He is also known by the Yiddish appellation der Alter ("the Elder") and as the Alter of Slabodka. Many of his pupils were to become major leaders of Orthodox Judaism in the USA and Israel.