Rabbi Gedaliah Schorr

Years: 1910–1979

Primary city: Brooklyn

Biography

Rabbi Gedaliah Schorr was a rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Torah Vodaath in Brooklyn and a major American Torah leader associated with the growth of postwar yeshiva education. He was also the author of Or Gedalyahu, a collected work of his derashos and Torah thought, and he became identified with the leadership of Torah Vodaath for much of his career.

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