Joseph Hurwitz

Joseph Hurwitz

Yosef Yozel Hurwitz (Hebrew: יוסף יוזל הורוביץ), known as the Alter of Novardok, (1849-1919) was a student of Rabbi Yisroel Salanter. He established a large yeshiva in Novardok, and was the author of Madragat Ha-Adam (Hebrew: מדרגת האדם, "Stature of Man").

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*OU.org "Great Leaders of Our People," [http://www.ou.org/about/judaism/rabbis/hurwitz.htm Rabbi Yosef Yosel Hurwitz] .


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