Dovid Harris

This article is about the rabbi. For other people with the same name, see David Harris (disambiguation).
Rabbi
Rabbi Dovid Harris
Shlit"a
Rabbi Dovid Harris giving shiur
Personal
Born
Dovid

1945 (age 78–79)
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Religion Judaism
Nationality United States of America
Children Shlomo Zalman
Parent(s) Sam and Mildred Harris
Denomination Orthodox
Alma mater Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim
Profession Rosh Hayeshiva/head of yeshiva
Occupation Rabbi
Jewish leader
Predecessor Rabbi Henoch Leibowitz
Profession Rosh Hayeshiva/head of yeshiva
Position Rabbi
Synagogue Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim
Position Rosh Hayishiva/head of the Yeshiva
Yeshiva Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim
Position Co-Rosh Yeshiva (Dean)
Organization Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim
Began April 15, 2008
Ended Incumbent
Residence Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York
Semikhah From RSA

Rabbi Dovid Harris (born 1945) is an Orthodox rabbi who along with Rabbi Akiva Grunblatt, serves as Rosh Hayeshiva (deans) at 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. He also serves on the Rabbinic advisory committee of Torah Umesorah.

Life and education

Rabbi Harris was born in 1945 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he attended Scranton Hebrew Day school. From there, he went to the Rabbinical Seminary of America in Queens, New York, graduating high school and continuing in its post-high school program. In 1964, Rabbi Harris, along with the entire Yeshiva, traveled to Israel to study. In 1968, Rabbi Harris returned to Israel along with the entire Yeshiva. He remained there to help strengthen the Israel branch. Rabbi Harris would complete his studies at the Yeshiva in 1973 after receiving his rabbinic ordination. He has continued working for the Yeshiva and its affiliates.

Career

In 1974, he co-founded the school's first external affiliate branch, the Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York, also known as "Rochester", together with Rabbi Menachem Davidowitz.

In the Fall of 1988, Harris also founded Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel, another branch of the Chofetz Chaim Network.

See also