Aharon Lichtenstein

Aharon Lichtenstein
אהרון ליכטנשטיין
Lichtenstein speaking at Yeshivat Har Etzion
Born(1933-05-23)May 23, 1933
28 Iyar 5693
Paris, France
DiedApril 20, 2015(2015-04-20) (aged 81)
1 Iyar 5775
Alon Shvut, West Bank
Alma materYeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin
Yeshiva University
Harvard University
MovementCentrist Orthodoxy, Religious Zionism
Spouse
Tovah Lichtenstein (née Soloveitchik)
(m. 1960)
Children6, including Mosheh Lichtenstein, Yitzchok Lichtenstein, and Esti Rosenberg
AwardsIsrael Prize (2014)

Aharon Lichtenstein (Hebrew: אהרון ליכטנשטיין; May 23, 1933 – April 20, 2015) was an Orthodox rabbi, Israel Prize laureate and rosh yeshiva who was an authority in Jewish law (Halakha).