Nochum Partzovitz

Nochum Partzovitz was born in 1923 in Trakai

Nochum Partzovitz was born in 1923 in Trakai. His father, Rabbi Aryeh Tzvi Partzovitz, was the town's chief rabbi and a grandson of Rabbi Shlomo HaKohen of Vilna. In the yeshiva he was called Nochum Troker, after his birthplace.

He studied at the Baranovich Yeshiva under Elchonon Wasserman. He then joined the Mir Yeshiva under Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz. During the Holocaust he was with the Mir Yeshiva students in Shanghai.

After World War II he lived briefly in Toronto and then moved to Israel, joining the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He married Ettel, the daughter of Chaim Shmuelevitz. He taught Talmud there and later served as rosh yeshiva, teaching many students who became rabbis and yeshiva heads.

In his last years his health declined, but he kept giving daily lectures. He died in 1986 and was buried on Har HaMenuchot. His lectures were published after his death as Chiddushei Reb Nochum and Shiurei Reb Nochum.