Yitzchok Lichtenstein


Yitzchok Abba Lichtenstein is an Israeli-American Orthodox rabbi who is a co-rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas located in Brooklyn, New York and the former Mara d'asra of Kehillas Bais Avrohom in Monsey. He is a major editor for the writings of Rabbis Chaim Soloveitchik, Moshe Soloveichik and Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He is the second son of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein and Dr. Tovah Soloveitchik.

Biography

Yitzchok Lichtenstein went on Aliyah with his family in 1971 from New York, when his father Aharon Lichtenstein was offered the position of Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He studied at the Netiv Meir High School in Jerusalem. He received Semicha at Yeshiva University in 1983, where he studied under his grandfather, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He also studied in the Lakewood Yeshiva and the Brisk Yeshiva in Jerusalem, where he was a student of Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, his grandfather's first-cousin.
Lichtenstein was appointed the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Nesivos HaTorah in Staten Island and succeeding Rabbi Avrohom Chain Feuer as the Mara D'asra of the Kehilas Bais Avraham congregation in Monsey. He taught at the Orchos Chaim yeshiva in Monsey, the "Agra D’Pirka" yeshiva, the Bialystoker shul, and various other venues.
After two of its four previous Roshei Yeshiva, Avrohom Pam and Yisroel Belsky, had died, Yeshiva Torah Vodaas began a search for a new Rosh Yeshiva. In October 2018, Lichtenstein was appointed Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, alongside the incumbent Roshei Yeshiva, Yosef Savitsky and Yisroel Reisman. Lichtenstein's family has a history among the roshei yeshiva of Torah Vodaath; his wife is a granddaughter of Refael Reuvain Grozovsky, who was Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Vodaath in the 1950s.
Lichtenstein is a publisher of the writings of his ancestors Chaim Soloveitchik, Moshe Soloveichik and Joseph Ber Soloveitchik.

Personal life

Lichtenstein is married to Rochel Grozovsky, the granddaughter of Reuven Grozovsky, former Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and son-in-law of Boruch Ber Leibowitz.

Published works

Shiurei Rabbeinu Chaim HaLevi: Bava Kama, Bava Matzia, Bava Batra - Notes on his Shiurim from the Volozhin Yeshiva; together with his relative, Moshe Halevi MeiselmanKitvei Rabbeinu Chaim HaLevi: Shas and RambamHaggadah Shel Pesach: Si'ach HaGri"dChiddushei HaGra"m VeHaGri"dChiddushei HaGra"m VeHaGri"d – Inyanei Kodshim
  • ''Chiddushei HaGra"m HaLevi: Chiddushim U'Beurim Lefi Seder HaRambam''