Michael Rosen (rabbi)

Michael Rosen (rabbi)
dr. Michael Rosen
Rabbi
Position Founder
Yeshiva Yakar
Began 1979
Ended December 8, 2008
Personal details
Died December 8, 2008
Jerusalem
Buried Har HaMenuchuot cemetery
Children 6 children
Semicha 1973

Michael Rosen (Shmuel Meir ben ha’rav Jakov Kopel, died on December 8, 2008 in Jerusalem) was an Israeli rabbi, founder of Yakar yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Biography

He studied on Grodno Yeshiva Beer Yaakov in Bnei Brak, where in 1973 he got semikhah. In 1979 he opened Jewish education center in London called Yakar – Center for Tradition and Creativity, which name is acronym of Rosen's father, Yaakov Kopul Rosen, and also in Hebrew it means something worthy. In 1992 Yakar was established in London, and from some time also in Tel Aviv. In 1994 he got a doctor degree on London University College for discourse titled A Commentary on Job Attributed to Rashbam. In 2008 he published a book about Hasidic Judaism, entitled The Quest for Authenticity. The Thought of Reb Simchah Bunim.

His health broke down a couple years ago, he spent his last weeks in coma. He was buried on December 9, 2008 on Har HaMenuchuot cemetery in Jerusalem. He left his wife and six children.

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