HaRav Judah Leib Hotner

About his son; Rabbi Yehoshua Hutner z”l, one of the editors of the Encyclopedia Talmudis, passed away at the age of 98. In addition to the monumental Encyclopedia Talmudis, Rabbi Hutner was involved with Yad HaRav Herzog in the field of manuscript studies of the Mishnah and Gemara through the Machon HaTalmud HaYisraeli HaShalem. This aspect of Rabbi Hutner’s work is lesser known.

Rabbi Hutner was born in Warsaw in 1911, scion of rabbinical families in Europe.

Rav Hutner learned as youngster in Radin, and was a talmid of the Chofetz Chaim and Rav Shimon Shkop zt”l. He moved to Eretz Yisroel in the 1930s and settled in Yerushalayim. He devoted the next 60 years of his life to various tzorchei tzibbur.

Rabbi Hutner’s father, Rav Yehudah Leib Hutner, was one of the most respected dayanim in Warsaw.

His zaida was Rav Yosef Zundel Hutner, who authored various works on Shas and Shulchan Aruch. Another zaida of his was Rav Yehudah Halevi Segal, one of the elder rabbonim of Warsaw.

Rabbi Hutner was a cousin of Rav Yitzchok Hutner zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin.

Rabbi Hutner was a brother-in-law of Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook, son of Rav Avrohom Yitzchok Kook, as his sister, Mrs. Chava Leah, was Rav Tzvi Yehudah’s wife.

Kevurah took place yesterday afternoon at the Sanhedria Bais Hakevaros in Yerushalayim.

Rabbi Hutner leaves behind his daughter, Dr. Avigayil Yinon, a psychologist in Bar Ilan University, and several grandchildren.

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הרב יהודה לייב הוטנר, היה דיין בורשה

הרב יהודה לייב הוטנר, נישא לבת שבע סגל, בתו של הרב יהודה סגל, מרבני ורשה. לאחר חתונתו עבר לוורשה, עירו של חותנו, וכיהן בה כדיין ומו"ץ. בבעלותו היו בית דפוס ובית מסחר לספרים. נפטר בשנת תרפ"ז, 1927.

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