Name Hillel Zaks Role Mendel Zaks' son | Parents Mendel Zaks Positions Rosh yeshiva | |
Successor Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Zaks Died January 13, 2015, Bnei Brak, Israel | ||
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Hillel Zaks (Hebrew: הלל זקס; February 2, 1931 – January 13, 2015) was the founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Knesses Hagedolah in Kiryat Sefer.
He was the son of Rabbi Mendel and Faiga Chaya Zaks, the youngest daughter of Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan, author of Chofetz Chaim.
He served as one of Hebron Yeshiva's senior roshei yeshiva until he founded Yeshivas Knesses Hagedolah in Kiryat Sefer.
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