Dovid Harris

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Rabbi Dovid Harris Shlit"a
Rabbi Dovid Harris giving shiur
Personal
Born	Dovid 1945 (age 76–77) Scranton, Pennsylvania
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	United States of America
Children	Shlomo Zalman
Parents	Sam and Maldira 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
Semicha	From RSA

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.^[1] 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. After graduation, looking for a yeshiva high school, he decided on the Rabbinical Seminary of America in Queens New York. It was really a monumental decision because Rabbi Harris has spent his entire life studying or working for the Yeshiva and its affiliates. Rabbi Harris graduated from high school and continued on in the Yeshiva's 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 would remain behind in 1969 to help strengthen the Israel branch. Rabbi Harris would complete his studies at the Yeshiva in 1973 after receiving his rabbinic ordination.

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.^[2]

In the Fall of 1988, Rabbi Dovid Harris also founded , another branch of the Chofetz Chaim Network.

See also[]

• Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen
• (an affiliate school).
• Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York (an affiliate school).
• Rabbi Binyomin Luban

References[]

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