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Rav Osher Weiss speaking at the Yeshiva in Los Angeles, California
Dayan (Rabbi) Osher (Usher, Asher) Zelig Weiss[1](1957- ) is the current Rosh Kollel of Machon Minchas Osher L’Torah V’Horaah. He grew up in a Klausenberger family in Borough Park, Brooklyn.[2]
Biography
Rabbi Weiss is the author of the Minchas Osher seforim on Moadim, Torah, and responsa, an Av Beis Din, Rosh Kollel, posek, and is well known in Haredi circles for having traveled to the United States with Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman and Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter, the Gerrer Rebbe.
Family
Rabbi Weiss was married to Rebbetzin Pesiah,[3] the daughter of Rabbi Yisrael Aryeh Zalmanowitz, together they had 6 children.[3] Rebbetzin Pesiah died in 2018.[3]
References
- ^ Thal, Michael (March 10, 2005). "Talmud Celebration Evokes Joy, Tears". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ Ehrlich, Aryeh (Dec 23, 2015). "The Only Thing I Want". Mishpacha. No. 590. p. 46.
- ^ a b c Hamodia, Staff. "BD"E: Rebbetzin Pesiah Weiss, A"h". Hamodia.com. Hamodia. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
External links
- Rabbi Aharon Shteinman, The Gerrer Rebbe, and Rav Usher Weiss visit Los Angeles at Google Videos
- Audio lectures given by Rabbi Asher Weiss
- [1] His shiurim, classes and responsa.