Bostoner Rebbe Shlit"a

Bostoner Rebbe shlit"a

Hachnasas Sefer Torah - Tishrei 5773

Grand Rabbi Mayer A. Horowitz, the Bostoner Rebbe of Yerushalayim, shlit"a, was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1946. In 1963, he went to Eretz Yisroel to learn in Ponovitch Yeshiva, Bnei Brak,where he was subsequently ordained and continued his learning in Lakewood Yeshiva, New Jersey from until 1969. In 1970, he founded, Yeshiva Machzkei Torah, serving as Dean of the college for the next nine years. Later that year he assisted his father, The Bostoner Rebbe zt"l, establish Kollel Boston in Jerusalem, Israel, and is today its spiritual leader.

Other Achievements in Massachusetts and Jerusalem:

• • 1971-79; Lionel Goldman Seminary, Brookline, MA; Founder and Director

  • 1975-1989; Incorporated ROFEH International, Boston, MA; A Founder and Director

  • 1980-1989; YaL-Day-New Daycare Center; first Jewish day care center in MA; Founder, Director

  • 1983-1989; Gan Torah Kindergardens; Brookline, MA; Founder and Director

  • 1984-1989; Torah Academy Elementary School; Brookline, MA; Founder and Director

  • 1987-89; Mevo Yerushalayim Seminary for American High School Girls in Israel; Founder & President

  • 1988-2004; Talmud Torah Boston; Jerusalem, Israel; Founder & President

  • 1995-2000; Beis Shlomo D'Boston; Har Nof, Yerushalyim, Founder, Builder and Rabbi

  • 2012-2017; Launched publication Kosher English in conjunction with the Jerusalem Post

In 1989, the Rebbe shlit"a made Aliyah to Eretz Yisroel and became very involved in Agudas Yisroel and in building Torah communities for English-speaking olim

Current Positions and Affiliations:

• 1984-Present; Congregation Givat Pinchas (The Boston Shul); Executive Rabbi

• 1990-Present; Talmud Torah Boston; Bnei Brak, Israel; Founder & President

• 2004-Present; 1 of 5 Members of the Chinuch Atzmei Board of Rabbis

• 2006-Present; Machon HaNesher HaGadol, Founder, whose goal is to publish the Rambam's Mishnah Torah with analysis and sources

• 2009-Present; 1 of 13 members of the Moetzes Agudas Yisroel

Bostoner Rebbe shlit"a with Rabbi Y.S. Elyashiv zt"l