Shlomo Wahrman

Shlomo HaLevi Wahrman (; August 1, 1926 – July 31, 2013) was an American Orthodox rabbi. He served as the Rosh HaYeshiva of the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County and also authored thirteen books and hundreds of articles on Jewish law, Talmudic analysis, and Jewish history.

Early life and education Shlomo Wahrman was born to Rivka and Yosef Wahrman in Leipzig, Germany. In 1939, at the age of twelve, he and his Polish-born parents and siblings were granted visas to come to the United States. Many years later (in 1997), the Shoah Foundation interviewed Wahrman and his wife regarding their experiences before and during World War II. Wahrman himself concluded his book, Lest We Forget: Growing up in Nazi Leipzig 1933-1939, thus:

All these events have delivered a powerful message to me. Any Jewish city anywhere could potentially suffer Leipzig's fate, chas v’shalom. There is no safety and security for us in galut, even in a democracy. The German Weimar Republic was a democracy, yet it could not prevent the emergence of a Hitler. When the anti-Semites so decreed, Leipzig, a city of 18,000 Jews, became Judenrein.

Personal life Wahrman married Sarah Malka Herskovitz, a Holocaust survivor.

Writings Wahrman wrote over a dozen books and numerous articles published under a pseudonym in various Torah journals. He wrote a series of analyses of Torah topics titled Shearis Yosef.