Rabbi Asher Arieli (born 1957) is the senior lecturer at Yeshivas Mir in Israel. He is globally renowned for his lectures on

Talmud The Talmud (; he, , Talmūḏ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cente ...

and is widely recognized as a

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in his own right. He presently delivers the largest

ic lecture by attendance in the world with 1000 daily attendees. His primary, daily shiur begins at about 6:00pm and is streamed live a
Kol Haloshon.

Family life

Rabbi Asher Arieli is married to Rebbetzin Malka, the daughter of Hagaon Rabbi

Nachum Partzovitz Rabbi Nochum Partzovitz (he: נחום פרצוביץ) (died November 26, 1986) was a rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Mir and is known worldwide for erudite explanations of Talmudic topics. Biography Partzovitz was born in Trakai, Poland to it ...

, the late

Rosh Yeshiva Rosh yeshiva ( he, ראש ישיבה, pl. he, ראשי ישיבה, '; Anglicized pl. ''rosh yeshivas'') is the title given to the dean of a yeshiva, a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primar ...

Mir ''Mir'' (russian: Мир, ; ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. ''Mir'' was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to&n ...

. Rabbi Arieli is the son of Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Arieli, author of Be'er Yaakov (באר יעקב). Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Arieli was the son of Rabbi

Yitzhak Arieli Yitzhak Arieli ( he, יצחק אריאלי; born 1896, died 5 April 1974) was a leading Israeli rabbi. Biography Arieli was born in 1896 in the Old City (Jerusalem), Old City of Jerusalem, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire, and studied at ...

, author of Einaim L'Mishpat (עינים למשפט) and Mashgiach Ruchani of

Mercaz HaRav Mercaz HaRav (officially, he, מרכז הרב - הישיבה המרכזית העולמית, "The Center of Rabbi ook- the Central Universal Yeshiva") is a national-religious yeshiva in Jerusalem, founded in 1924 by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Abraham ...

. Rabbi Mordechai Ilan, the son-in-law of Rabbi Yitzhak Arieli is Reb Asher's paternal uncle. Reb Chaim Yaakov's wife is the sister of Rabbi

Moishe Sternbuch Moshe Sternbuch (or Moishe / Moses Shternbuch, he, משה שטרנבוך) is a Haredi rabbi. He serves as the ''Ra'avad'' (Chief) of the Edah HaChareidis, vice-president of the Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem, and the rabbi of the Gra Synagogue in ...

, as are the wives of Rabbi

Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik ( he, משולם דוד סולובייצ'יק also known as Reb Dovid or Rav Dovid; 21 October 1921 – 31 January 2021) was a Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva of one of the branches of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem. ...

and Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu making the three Rabbis his uncles. Reb Asher's brother Rabbi Shlomo Arieli is the author of a

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of the novellae of Rabbi

Akiva Eiger Rabbi Akiva Eiger (, also spelled Eger; , yi, עקיבא אייגער), or Akiva Güns (17611837) was an outstanding Talmudic scholar, influential halakhic decisor and foremost leader of European Jewry during the early 19th century. He was also ...

. Before his marriage, Rabbi Arieli studied in the

Ponevezh Yeshiva Ponevezh Yeshiva, often pronounced as Ponevitch Yeshiva ( he, ישיבת פוניבז׳), is a yeshiva founded in 1908, and located in Bnei Brak, Israel since 1944. The yeshiva has over three thousand students, including those of affiliated insti ...

headed by Rabbi

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, and he later studied under his father-in-law in the Mirrer Yeshiva. Rabbi Arieli lives in the

Sanhedria Murhevet Sanhedria HaMurhevet ( he, סנהדריה המורחבת, also spelled Sanhedria HaMurchevet) is a Haredi neighborhood in Jerusalem. Its name translates as "expanded Sanhedria". The neighborhood was founded in 1970 as a northern expansion of S ...

neighborhood of

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

where he has also been active in a movement to establish Rabbinic overseeing of the

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there after an inadequate supply of rental units caused prices to rise substantially in a very short time period.

Lectures

The following is a partial list of Reb Asher's set lecture: * Shiur is his daily lecture on the Talmudic Tractate officially learned in Mir (Yiddish). * Monday and Thursday Chaburos are twice-weekly lectures on the Talmudic Tractate officially learned in Mir (Hebrew) * Thursday night Chabura is an exclusive lecture expounding on the shiur delivered in Reb Asher's home to a select group of senior students. * Tuesday night and Friday morning shiur (on talmudic tractate) given in Tifferet Tzvi, yeshiva haredit for Religious Zionist students. Additionally, Reb Asher has delivered guest lectures for such events as the

Agudas Yisroel Agudas Israel may refer to: *Agudas Israel (Latvia), a political party in Latvia during the 1920s and 1930s *World Agudath Israel, the political arm of Ashkenazi Haredi Judaism *Agudat Yisrael, a political party representing the ultra-Orthodox popul ...

annual Yarchei Kallah. The last 3 cycles of Rabbi Arieli's lectures on most of the major tractates are available by telephone and for download. Although Reb Asher's lectures are in

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

, his mother tongue is

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

and he only learnt Yiddish in order to understand the lectures which he heard in Yeshivas Mir. Lectures in the Mir are often given in Yiddish.

Students

Several of Reb Asher's students, such as Rav Yoel Rabin, Rav Yehudah Wagshal, Rav Shmuli Wolman, Rav Yaakov Moshe Katz, Rav Binyomin Cohen, Rav Elimelech Reznick, R' Moshe Ahron Friedman, Rav Yosef Elefant and Rav Shamai Bernstein give lectures in Yeshivas Mir for English-speaking audiences, mainly in the Beis Yeshaya building of Mir. R' Pinchas Braunstein and Rav Eitan Yaffan are also distinguished talmidim of Reb Asher. Rabbi Yechiel Spero, author of "Touched by a Story" considers himself a student of Reb Asher. Many of his students are now respected lecturers in yeshivas worldwide, including the USA and the UK.

Sources

External links

Rabbi Yitzchok Ezrachi dancing with Rabbi Asher ArieliRabbi Arieli's eulogy for his father-in-law Rabbi Nochum Partzovitz
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