Akiva Grunblatt
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Akiva Grunblatt is an Orthodox
rabbi
who as co-rosh yeshiva
(dean) heads the Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen. (Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim) in Flushing, New York. (The other co-rosh yeshiva is Rabbi Dovid Harris
.) Before being appointed to his current position in 2000, he was a rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva Toras Chaim in Miami, Florida.
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...
rabbi
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
who as co-rosh yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the dean of a Talmudical academy . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh — meaning head, and yeshiva — a school of religious Jewish education...
(dean) heads the Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen. (Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim) in Flushing, New York. (The other co-rosh yeshiva is Rabbi Dovid Harris
David Harris (rabbi)
Dovid Harris is an Orthodox rabbi who as co-rosh yeshiva heads the Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen. He is a prominent figure in the yeshiva world and speaks annually at the Torah Umesorah - National Society for Hebrew Day Schools convention...
.) Before being appointed to his current position in 2000, he was a rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva Toras Chaim in Miami, Florida.