Dovid Grossman (1946 – 5 February 2018) was a well-known Talmudic lecturer and

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who disseminated Torah worldwide.

Biography

Rabbi Tuvia Goldstein, his 12th grade rebbi (teacher) in Rabbi Jacob Joseph School, encouraged Grossman to enroll in the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia after high school. Grossman studied under Rabbi Elya Svei and Rabbi

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. In Jerusalem, Grossman developed a personal relationship with Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, a son of Rabbi

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. After returning to the United States, Grossman learned in the

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. After 7 years there, he became one of the founding members of the Lakewood Kollel branch in Los Angeles. In 1981, he helped start

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(YGLA), where he served as the 12th grade Talmud lecturer until 2008. Concurrently with position as lecturer at YGLA, he opened a Torah program calle
Yeshivas HaChaim
for working young adults and college students, independent of the Yeshiva. Grossman was known for his Talmud lectures. Recordings of his lectures on every page of the Talmud ( Daf Yomi) are available and widely used.Hochbaum, Leah (5 August 2005)
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'' The Forward'' Those lectures were repackaged and sold in a digital format as a customized

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dubbed the ''Shaspod''.

Personal life

Grossman married his wife, Rachel, principal of Valley Torah High School's girls division in Valley Village, California. Grossman died following a motor vehicle accident on the morning of February 5, 2018, on the

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, New York, shortly after 4 a.m.http://matzav.com/rav-dovid-grossman-ztl/

References

External links to some of his many thousand lectures

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Rabbi Grossman on TorahDownloads.com
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Rabbi Grossman on dafyomi.org

Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles
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