Mordechai Willig
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Rabbi Mordechai Willig (born April 25, 1947 in New York) is a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University in Washington Heights, Manhattan. His formal title is the Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth Professor of Talmud and Contemporary Halachah.
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[edit] Education
Rabbi Willig received a B.A. in mathematics in 1968 from Yeshiva College and an M.S. in Jewish history in 1971 from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies. He was a student of the late Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.
[edit] Positions
Rabbi Willig is the Deputy Av Beis Din of the Beth Din of America. He is also the rabbi at the Young Israel of Riverdale Synagogue, in Riverdale, The Bronx, New York.
[edit] Books
Rabbi Willig is the author of a sefer entitled Am Mordechai, which came out in two volumes (1992 on Brachot and 2005 on Shabbat).
[edit] Family
He currently resides with his wife in Riverdale, NY. They have nine children and 25 grandchildren. He is the first cousin of Rabbi Avi Weiss, who heads the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale and is the dean of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. One of his sons, Rabbi Avraham Willig, currently resides in Israel with his wife and five children and is a teacher at Yeshivat Torat Shraga and Camp Morasha.
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[edit] External links
- articles, audio, and video on TorahWeb.org
- Shiurim by Rabbi Mordechai Willig
- Top Rabbi Admits Errors In Handling Lanner Case
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