David Weiss Halivni ז״ל
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Professor David Weiss Halivni ז״ל (September 30, 1927 - June 29, 2022) was born in Poljana Kobilecka, in today’s Ukraine, grew up in the home of his grandfather, a Talmudic scholar in Sighet, Romania. He was ordained in 1943 as a rabbi at the yeshiva of Sighet at the age of fifteen. When his town was seized by the Germans in March 1944, he was sent first to Auschwitz, and then to the Wolfsberg and Mathausen concentration camps. He was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. Prof. Halivni immigrated to the United States in 1947 and became a naturalized citizen in 1952. He received his B.A. and a medal for excellence in philosophy from Brooklyn College in 1953, his M.A. from New York University in 1956, his M.H,L. from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1957, and his D.H.L. from the Seminary for his thesis entitled “Fragments of a Commentary on the Treatise Taanit” in 1958. Prof. Halivni began teaching at The Jewish Theological Seminary in 1957 and was named Morris Adler Professor of Rabbinics there in 1969. In 1986 he was appointed professor of Religion at Columbia University, after having previously taught there as an adjunct professor almost consecutively since the 1960's. In March 1995, he was named the Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization in the Department of Religion at Columbia University. In 2005, Professor Halivni moved to Israel and for the next dozen years, taught Talmud at Bar-Ilan University. In 1985, he received the prestigious Bialik Prize, equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize, from the City of Tel-Aviv, Israel. In 2008, he was awarded the Israel Prize for his Talmudic work.
Professor David Weiss Halivni lived in Jerusalem, and passed away on June 29, 2022.
Professor David Weiss Halivni ז״ל (September 30, 1927 - June 29, 2022) was born in Poljana Kobilecka, in today’s Ukraine, grew up in the home of his grandfather, a Talmudic scholar in Sighet, Romania. He was ordained in 1943 as a rabbi at the yeshiva of Sighet at the age of fifteen. When his town was seized by the Germans in March 1944, he was sent first to Auschwitz, and then to the Wolfsberg and Mathausen concentration camps. He was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. Prof. Halivni immigrated to the United States in 1947 and became a naturalized citizen in 1952. He received his B.A. and a medal for excellence in philosophy from Brooklyn College in 1953, his M.A. from New York University in 1956, his M.H,L. from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1957, and his D.H.L. from the Seminary for his thesis entitled “Fragments of a Commentary on the Treatise Taanit” in 1958. Prof. Halivni began teaching at The Jewish Theological Seminary in 1957 and was named Morris Adler Professor of Rabbinics there in 1969. In 1986 he was appointed professor of Religion at Columbia University, after having previously taught there as an adjunct professor almost consecutively since the 1960's. In March 1995, he was named the Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Classical Jewish Civilization in the Department of Religion at Columbia University. In 2005, Professor Halivni moved to Israel and for the next dozen years, taught Talmud at Bar-Ilan University. In 1985, he received the prestigious Bialik Prize, equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize, from the City of Tel-Aviv, Israel. In 2008, he was awarded the Israel Prize for his Talmudic work.
Professor David Weiss Halivni lived in Jerusalem, and passed away on June 29, 2022.
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