Avrohom Gurwicz
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Jewish leader Avrohom Gurwicz is a British Orthodox rabbi and Talmudic scholar. Since 1982 he has been the rosh yeshivah of Gateshead Talmudical College, a yeshiva in Gateshead, England, where he has been giving the largest shiur in Europe with approximately 400 students attending, for approximately half a century. Additionally, he is the president of Gateshead Community Kollel,[1] established 2021.
Biography
Gurwicz was born in London, United Kingdom, in 1939. He is the second son of Rabbi Leib Gurwicz, the previous Gateshead rosh yeshivah.[2] He is the grandson of Rabbi Elyah Lopian and son-in-law of Reb Elyah's son, Rabbi Leib Lopian.[3] Through his father's mother, he is a descendant of the Vilna Gaon.
In the mid-1950s, he spent several years as a student at Yeshivas Brisk in Jerusalem, where he developed a close relationship with the Brisker Rav. In 1963, he became a maggid shiur at Gateshead Yeshiva. His marriage to his first cousin, the daughter of Rabbi Leib and Tzipa Lopian,[4] was finalised after a Goral HaGra performed by their mutual grandfather, Rabbi Elya Lopian. In his early years, he also studied in Gateshead Kolel.[5]
Gurwicz is a brother-in-law (through his sister Sarah) and cousin to Rabbi Tzvi Kushelevsky, head of the Heichal Hatorah beTzion yeshiva in Jerusalem.[3] Among his sons-in-law is Rabbi Nissan Kaplan, the rosh yeshiva of Daas Ahron and former maggid shiur in the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem.[6][7]
Following the death of both his father, Rabbi Leib Gurwicz, and his father-in-law, Rabbi Leib Lopian, he ascended to the position of Rosh Yeshivah of Gateshead Yeshiva. He delivers a daily Gemara shiur in Yiddish, beginning each one with a mussar lesson from Chovos Halevavos.[5]
In February 2025, Gurwicz announced that the Haredi community should leave the United Kingdom should the Schools Bill be passed.[8][9] In March 2025, he supported voting in the World Zionist Congress elections for the Eretz Hakodesh party.[10][11]
Works
- Anfei Erez, 4 volumes on various sugyas (topics) in Shas.
- Ve'anafeha Arzei El on the Torah and Jewish holidays; he has also published for his students his lectures in note form on various tractates (Leket Ha'aros).
- Leket Hearos, notes from the shiurim he has given.
References
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