Zalman Nechemia Goldberg

Zalman Nechemia Goldberg (Hebrew: זלמן נחמיה גולדברג; 28 January 1931 – 20 August 2020) was a rabbi, posek, and rosh yeshiva in Israel. The scion of a Lithuanian Jewish family, Goldberg was also a son-in-law of Shlomo Zalman Auerbach.[1]

Rabbi

Zalman Nechemia Goldberg
Goldberg in 2011
Personal
Born(1931-01-28)28 January 1931
Minsk, Soviet Union
Died20 August 2020(2020-08-20) (aged 89)
Jerusalem
ReligionJudaism
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
OccupationRabbi
PositionRosh yeshiva
YeshivaSadigura
PositionChief Justice
OrganisationJerusalem Rabbinical High Court

Harav Goldberg was a halakhic authority and Chief Justice of the Rabbinical High Court in Jerusalem, where he made rulings on the issues of gittin, ketubot, artificial insemination, and the commandment of living in the Land of Israel. He co-authored the Jewish prenuptial agreement sponsored by the Rabbinical Council of America together with Mordechai Willig.[2]

Harav Goldberg was the rosh yeshiva of both the Sadigura Hasidic yeshiva and the Jerusalem College of Technology (Machon Lev), and headed the Institute for the Higher Study of Halacha (Machon Iyun Ha'Halacha) in Jerusalem. He lectured extensively at Chabad's Yeshivat Torat Emet of Jerusalem on matters of Jewish law.

Harav Goldberg was also well known for his semicha (rabbinic ordination) exams, which were often taken as an alternative to those offered by the Israeli Rabbinate.[3]

Harav Goldberg became the editor and chief of Encyclopedia Talmudit in 2008.[4]

In November 2009, he wrote an endorsement for The King's Torah, a controversial book by Yitzhak Shapira.[5] He later rescinded it, saying that the book includes statements that "have no place in human intelligence."[6]

Goldberg died on 20 August 2020 at Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem, a week after collapsing in his home. His funeral was held at the Shamgar Funeral house and Mount of Olives cemetery.[7]

References
  1. "Legal issues Magazine". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
  2. Rabbinical Council of America, 30 May 2006: "RCA Reaffirms its Commitment to Preventing Agunah Tragedies Archived 30 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine". Retrieved 4/3/2012
  3. "Virtual Halacha Program with a Smicha Option – Join Now, Entire Bishul Is Free!". 24 March 2020.
  4. "The making of the Talmudic Encyclopedia". San Diego Jewish World. 27 October 2014.
  5. Wagner, Matthew (11 November 2009). "Book advocating killing gentiles who endanger Jews is hard to come by". The Jerusalem Post.
  6. Estrin, Daniel (22 January 2010). "The King's Torah: a rabbinic text or a call to terror?". Haaretz.
  7. "אבל כבד בעולם התורה והדיינות: הגאון רבי זלמן נחמיה גולדברג זצל" (in Hebrew). 20 August 2020.
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