Nota Schiller

Nota Schiller
Rabbi Nota Schiller
Rosh Yeshiva

Rabbi Nota Schiller in 2011
Position Rosh yeshiva
Yeshiva Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem
Began 1970
Personal details
Birth name Nota Schiller
Spouse Sima

Nota Schiller (Hebrew: נוטה שילר‎) is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem, together with Rabbi Mendel Weinbach. He is an influential figure in the baal teshuva movement,[1] having guided generations of students with little or no Jewish background to master the classical rabbinical texts[2] and embrace an Orthodox lifestyle. He is widely regarded as an erudite Torah scholar in his own right.[2]

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Biography

Schiller was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended the high school division of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin[3] He graduated from Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore.[4]

The 1960s and 1970s were a time of searching for meaning by Western-educated, college-age men and women. In 1970, Rabbis Noah Weinberg, Mendel Weinbach, Nota Schiller, and Yaakov Rosenberg founded Shema Yisrael Yeshiva to teach young Jewish men with little or no background in Jewish studies.[5][6] After a few years, Weinberg left the yeshiva over a difference in philosophy and founded Aish HaTorah in 1974.[6] Shema Yisrael subsequently changed its name to Ohr Somayach, after the commentary on the Mishneh Torah written by Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk, the Ohr Somayach, in response to critics who contended that the name belonged to the entire Jewish people, not just one institution.[7]

Ohr Somayach International

Rabbi Schiller was the driving force behind the development of Ohr Somayach International, which has opened yeshivas and learning branches in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa, and Australia.[8] He founded the first international Ohr Somayach program in Yonkers, New York in 1977. The program became an independent spin-off in 1979 and relocated to Monsey.[9]

References

  1. ^ "The Jewish Revolution in San Francisco: Harav Nota Schiller and the Lisa Kampner Hebrew Academy". Lisa Kampner Hebrew Academy. 2010. http://www.thejewishrevolution.com/rabbi_nota_schiller.html. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Hertz Family Foundation Announces $1.5 Million In Grants Made to Yeshiva Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem". PR Web. 5 November 2009. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3163674.htm. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
  3. ^ Friedman, Thomas L. (1990). From Beirut to Jerusalem. Anchor Books. p. 313. ISBN 0-38541-372-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=CI9xAAAAMAAJ&q=nota+schiller&dq=nota+schiller&hl=en&ei=oIcvTam_PNKJ5AbPyr2aCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ. 
  4. ^ Oberstein, Rabbi Elchonon (2008). "Montgomery to Mt. Wilson: The Journey Begins". Who What Where. http://www.wherewhatwhen.com/read_articles.asp?id=284. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
  5. ^ Donn, Rabbi Yochanan. "Conscience of the Lost Jews: Harav Yisroel Noah Weinberg, zt"l". Hamodia. http://www.hamodia.com/inthepaper.cfm?ArticleID=142. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
  6. ^ a b "Today's Yahrtzeits and History – 11 Shevat". matzav.com. 26 January 2010. http://matzav.com/todays-yahrtzeits-history-11-shevat. Retrieved 15 January 2011. 
  7. ^ "Did You Know That #16". Ohr Somayach International. 1 March 2003. http://ohr.edu/ohr_somayach/did_you_know_that/713. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
  8. ^ "Worldwide Branches". Ohr Somayach International. http://ohr.edu/ohr_somayach/worldwide_branches/. Retrieved 15 January 2011. 
  9. ^ "Ohr Somayach Founders Page". Ohr Somayach International. 2006. http://www.os.edu/faculty/founders.shtml. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 

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