| LC control no. | no 95014491 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Elyashiv, Yosef Shalom, 1910-2012 |
| Variant(s) | Elyashuv, Yosef Shalom, 1910-2012 Elyashiv, Y. Sh. (Yosef Shalom), 1910-2012 אלישיב, הגרי״ש אלישיב, יוסף שלום |
| Birth date | 1910 |
| Death date | 2012 |
| Profession or occupation | Rabbis |
| Special note | Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | Furst, Sh. A brief guide to the laws of borer, 1992: t.p. (Maran Hagaon Harav Yosef Shalom Elyashuv Shlita) Ḳovets teshuvot, 1999 or 2000: t.p. (מרן הגאון רבי יוסף שלום אלישיב, שליט"א = maran ha-gaʼon Rabi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, sheliṭa) Sefer hashavat avedah ka-halakhah, 1999?: t.p. (meha-g. Y. Sh. Elyashiv, sheliṭa) p. 12 (Rabi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, sheliṭa) Sefer Avne ḥen, 2004 or 2005: v. 1, t.p. (Rabi Yosef Shalo. Elyashiv, sheliṭa) Wikipedia, viewed May 11, 2012 (Yosef Shalom Elyashiv (born April 10, 1910) is a Haredi rabbi and posek (arbiter of Jewish law) who lives in Jerusalem, Israel. At the age of 102, Elyashiv is active and remains the paramount leader of both Israel and the Diaspora Lithuanian-Haredi community, and many Ashkenazi Jews regard him as the posek ha-dor, the contemporary leading authority on halakha, or Jewish law) New York times WWW site, July 19, 2012 (in obituary published July 18: Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv; b. April 10, 1910, Lithuania; moved to the British Mandate of Palestine, 1922; d. Wednesday [July 18, 2012], Jerusalem, aged 102; eminent authority in the Orthodox Jewish world on applying the Torah and Talmudic law to modern times, whose rulings on conversion, divorce, and even the legitimacy of wigs made in India had far-reaching impact and sometimes roiled Israeli politics) |
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