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Moshe Hillel Hirsch

Moshe Hillel Hirsch is an American-born Israeli rabbi who heads the Slabodka yeshiva in Bnei Brak and is a leader of the Lithuanian Haredi community.

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Occupation: rabbi
Education: Beth Medrash Govoha, Rabbi Jacob Joseph School

Moshe Hillel Hirsch was born in 1936 in United States

Hirsch was born Milton Hirsch on October 26, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York City. He grew up in the Borough Park neighborhood with a brother and twin sisters.

He studied at Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood under Rabbi Aharon Kotler, whom he regarded as his main teacher. After Kotler's death, he was one of the editors of the book series of his teachings.

In 1963 he married Avigail, daughter of Rabbi Mordechai Shulman, head of the Slabodka yeshiva. He later moved to Israel and studied at the Slabodka kollel. In 1982, after his father-in-law died, he was appointed a head of the yeshiva alongside other rabbis.

A close associate of Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman, he joined the Council of Torah Sages of Degel HaTorah in 2012. He leads the HaMeshivim organization and guides the Lev Shomea organization for struggling youth.

After Rabbi Gershon Edelstein died in 2023, he became a leader of the Lithuanian Haredi public alongside Rabbi Dov Lando. In 2024 a weekly leaflet of his teachings began, and a book based on his lessons was published.