Nota Schiller

Rabbi
Nota Schiller
נטע שילר
Schiller in 2011
TitleRosh Yeshiva
Personal life
BornNota Schiller
1937 (1937)
New York City, U.S.
Died (aged 88)
Jerusalem, Israel
BuriedHar HaMenuchot
SpouseSima
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
Jewish leader
PositionRosh yeshiva
YeshivaOhr Somayach, Jerusalem
Began1972

Nota Schiller (Hebrew: נטע שילר; 1937 – March 8, 2025) was an American-born Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem who was an influential figure in the baal teshuva movement,

Biography

Schiller was born in 1937 and raised in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin's high School. He graduated from Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore.

In 1972, rabbis Noah Weinberg, Mendel Weinbach, Nota Schiller, and Yaakov Rosenberg founded Shma Yisrael Yeshiva to teach young Jewish men with little or no background in Jewish studies. After a few years, Weinberg left the yeshiva over a difference in philosophy and founded Aish HaTorah in 1974, whereas Rosenberg left and founded Machon Shlomo in Har Nof. Shma Yisrael subsequently changed its name to Ohr Somayach, after the commentary on the Mishneh Torah written by Meir Simcha of Dvinsk, the Ohr Somayach. Schiller on March 8, 2025 at the age of 88.

References

  1. ↑ "The Jewish Revolution in San Francisco: Harav Nota Schiller and the Lisa Kampner Hebrew Academy". Lisa Kampner Hebrew Academy. 2010. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
  2. ↑ Friedman, Thomas L. (1990). From Beirut to Jerusalem. Anchor Books. p. 313. ISBN 0-385-41372-6.
  3. ↑ Oberstein, Rabbi Elchonon (February 2007). "Montgomery to Mt. Wilson: The Journey Begins". Who What Where. Archived from the original on February 22, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
  4. ↑ Donn, Rabbi Yochanan. "Conscience of the Lost Jews: Harav Yisroel Noah Weinberg, zt"l". Hamodia. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Today's Yahrtzeits and History – 11 Shevat". matzav.com. January 26, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Did You Know That #16". Ohr Somayach International. March 1, 2003. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
  7. ↑ "BDE: HaGaon HaRav Nosson Nota Schiller, Z'tl, Rosh Yeshivas Ohr Somayach". www.theyeshivaworld.com. Retrieved March 9, 2025.