MASHGIACH RUCHANI
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:''For the article about someone who supervises the production of kosher food, see Mashgiach.''
'Mashgiach ruchani' (Hebrew 'משגיח ×¨×•×—× ×™') or 'mashgiach' for short, means a spiritual supervisor or guide. It is a title which usually refers to a rabbi who has an official position within a yeshiva and is responsible for the non-academic areas of yeshiva students' lives. The most famous mashgiach ruchani was Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, (1849-1927), founder of the Slabodka yeshiva.
The position of mashgiach ruchani arose with the establishment of the modern "Lithuanian-style" mussar yeshivas.
The role of the mashgiach ruchani was strongest in the era prior to World War II, when often the mashgiach was responsible for maintaining the yeshiva financially, recruiting and interviewing new students, and hiring staff, something akin to an academic "dean". After the Holocaust, the influence and position of the mashgiach decreased, and the roles of the rosh yeshivas have grown at the expense of those of the mashgiachs'. A modern mashgiach is somewhat equivalent to the secular "counselor" position.
The need for having a mashgiach within the modern yeshivas was tied in with the rise of the modern mussar movement (teaching of Jewish ethics), inspired by Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin Salanter, (1810-1883), and was seen as necessary because yeshiva students faced greater pressures and problems from the world outside of their yeshiva studies.
Chabad yeshivas have a similar position referred to as mashpia, meaning a person of influence.
★ Rosh yeshiva
★ Mussar movement
★ Mashpia
'Mashgiach ruchani' (Hebrew 'משגיח ×¨×•×—× ×™') or 'mashgiach' for short, means a spiritual supervisor or guide. It is a title which usually refers to a rabbi who has an official position within a yeshiva and is responsible for the non-academic areas of yeshiva students' lives. The most famous mashgiach ruchani was Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, (1849-1927), founder of the Slabodka yeshiva.
The position of mashgiach ruchani arose with the establishment of the modern "Lithuanian-style" mussar yeshivas.
The role of the mashgiach ruchani was strongest in the era prior to World War II, when often the mashgiach was responsible for maintaining the yeshiva financially, recruiting and interviewing new students, and hiring staff, something akin to an academic "dean". After the Holocaust, the influence and position of the mashgiach decreased, and the roles of the rosh yeshivas have grown at the expense of those of the mashgiachs'. A modern mashgiach is somewhat equivalent to the secular "counselor" position.
The need for having a mashgiach within the modern yeshivas was tied in with the rise of the modern mussar movement (teaching of Jewish ethics), inspired by Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin Salanter, (1810-1883), and was seen as necessary because yeshiva students faced greater pressures and problems from the world outside of their yeshiva studies.
Chabad yeshivas have a similar position referred to as mashpia, meaning a person of influence.
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| Famous mashgichim |
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Famous mashgichim
★ Rabbi Moshe Bamberger ★ Rabbi Michel Barenbaum ★ Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach ★ Rabbi Meir HaLevi Chodosh ★ Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler ★ Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel ★ Rabbi Mordechai Finkelman ★ Rabbi Elchonon Meir Fishman ★ Rabbi Ush Weinberger ★ Rabbi Dov Keilson | ★ Rabbi Dovid Kronglas ★ Rabbi Yeruchom Levovitz ★ Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein ★ Rabbi Elya Lopian ★ Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz ★ Rabbi Avigdor Miller ★ Rabbi Matisyohu Salomon ★ Rabbi Chaim Shmulevitz | ★ Rabbi Moshe Schwab ★ Rabbi Moshe Aaron Stern ★ Rabbi Avraham Toledano ★ Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Wachtfogel ★ Rabbi Ezra Wiener ★ Rabbi Moshe Wolfson ★ Rabbi Beryl Weisbord ★ Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe |
See also
★ Rosh yeshiva
★ Mussar movement
★ Mashpia
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