Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach חיים יהודה לייב אוירבך | |
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Personal life | |
Born | Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach 1883 |
Died | 26 September 1954 |
Spouse | Tzivia Porush |
Children | Shlomo Zalman Avraham Dov Eliezer Refoel Dovid Leah (wife of Shalom Schwadron) Malka Rochel |
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Religious life | |
Religion | Judaism |
Position | Rosh yeshiva |
Yeshiva | Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva |
Began | 1906 |
Ended | 1954 |
Buried | Har HaMenuchot |
Residence | Jerusalem |
Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach (Hebrew: חיים יהודה לייב אוירבך; 1883 – 26 September 1954) was a haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) of Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva in Jerusalem, which he helped found in 1906. He was the father of the posek (decider of Jewish legal issues) Shlomo Zalman Auerbach.