Yechezkel Levenstein

Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein known as Reb Chatzkel, (1885 – 18 Adar (11 or 12 March) 1974), was the mashgiach ruchani of the Mir Yeshiva, in Mir, Belarus and during the yeshiva's escape to Lithuania and on to Shanghai due to the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany in World War II. He was a leader of several yeshivas in Europe, the United States, and Israel.

Biography Levenstein was born in Warsaw (5656) His mother, Zlota, died when he was five years old; his father, Yehuda, subsequently remarried. he was the mashgiach of Yeshivas Lomza in Petach Tikvah.

Shanghai News reached Shanghai Adar 5703 (1943), where the Mir spent the war years, of the murders of so many of Lithuanian Jewry. The eulogy of the martyrs by the mashgiach was published in a book, Mimizrach Shemesh.

Yeshivos The Yeshivos that he founded or strongly influenced include: Before World War II Mir Yeshiva (Poland), as Mashgiach Ruchani After the War Mir Yeshivah (Yerushalayim) Ponovezh Yeshivah (B'nei Brak)

Works Or Yechezkel, a seven volume work of musar