Henoch Leibowitz

Biography

Rabbi Leibowitz was born in 1918 in Šalčininkai, Lithuania, and was the only son of Dovid Leibowitz. He came to America in 1926 when his father was hired by Mesivta Torah Vodaath as a teacher. In 1933, his father left Torah Vodaath and founded Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen. His father's death in 1941 left him in charge of the yeshiva in his early 20s. He built a network of Jewish educational institutions in the United States, Canada and Israel.

New York governor David Paterson reportedly called Leibowitz “the most honest person in the state of New York”.

Notable students His students include the following rabbis: Dovid Harris, rosh yeshiva (dean) of Yeshiva Chafetz Chaim Elyakim Rosenblatt, rebbi in Yeshiva Chafetz Chaim and later rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Kesser Torah Menachem Davidowitz, rosh yeshiva of Talmudic Institute of Upstate New York Baruch Chait, rosh yeshiva of the Israeli high school Maarava Machon Rubin Daniel Glatstein, rabbi of Kehilas Tiferes Mordechai