Rabbi Chaim Flom (July 6, 1951 - May 19, 2008) was a rabbi, scholar and
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 ...
of
Yeshivat Ohr David Yeshivat Ohr David (or Yeshivat Or David, ''lit.'' Light of David Yeshiva) is a Jewish seminary and institute of higher learning located in Jerusalem.
Ohr David is currently located in Ramot. Throughout the year, students take trips throughout the ...
in Jerusalem, Israel. He studied at
Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen. originally from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
He founded Yeshivat Ohr David in 1980 with fellow
Rosh Yeshivah
Rosh yeshiva ( he, ראש ישיבה, plural, 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, ...
, Rabbi
Yosef Granofsky
Yosef (; also transliterated as Yossef, Josef, Yoseph Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic ''Yôsēp̄'') is a Hebrew male name derived from the Biblical character Joseph. The name can also consist of the Hebrew yadah meaning "praise", "fame" and the word ...
. He served in the
Israeli Defense Force.
External links
Death Notice "Rav Chaim Flom ZATZAL, Rosh Yeshivas Or Dovid"https://mishpacha.com/in-the-drivers-seat/
2008 deaths
20th-century rabbis in Jerusalem
Israeli Rosh yeshivas
1951 births
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