Tshuvos and Poskim-Rav Zechariah Gelly-Commanding the View from the Heights

Rabbi Kivelevitz leads a ZOOM Shiur that highlights numerous decisions handed down by this important leader in Halacha and Hanhagah.The selections bring to life the situations common in New York and provide a glimpse of how the Halachic mind works to solve problems. Rav Zachariah Gelley –mara dasraof K’hal Adath Jeshurun (“Breuer’s”) in Washington Heights Rav Gelley was born in 1932 in Topolcany, Slovakia (near Bratislava) a descendent of the Chacham Tzvi and Panim Meiros. Zachariah was deported to Bergen Belsen in 1944 and managed to survive, often hiding in dirty latrines to avoid the “selections.” After the war, 13-year-old Zachariah was sent to England to Yeshivas Shaires HaPleitah Netzach Yisroel, which had been founded exclusively for refugee boys in Sunderland, England.At 21, R. Gelley transferred to the famed Gateshead Yeshivah, and two years later, he was accepted into Gateshead’s Kollel Harabbonim where he studied for 12 years. In 1965, Rav Gelley was invited by his alma mater, Nezach Yisroel to becomerosh yeshiva. Many of histalmidimcame from theEdot Hamizrachcommunities in North Africa. In 1987 Rav Gelley’s was invited to join the rabbinate of Khal Adath Jeshurun (KAJ) in Washington Heights.For close to thirty years,Rav Gelley was the hands on leader of this community,and established himself as a major Posek and Dayan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate