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Mordechai Gifter
20th-century American rabbi and rosh yeshiva
Mordechai Gifter (October 15, 1915 - January 18, 2001) was an American Haredi rabbi. He was the rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Telz Yeshiva in Cleveland.
Gifter studied in yeshivas in Lithuania, and held several rabbinical positions in the United States.
Early life and education
Gifter was born in Portsmouth, Virginia to Yisrael and Matla (May) Gifter.
He was raised in Baltimore, Maryland, where his father owned a grocery.[2] He attended the Baltimore City Public Schools, at the time being known as Max, and received his religious education in after-school programs.
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As a young man, Gifter studied in the Rabbi Isaac Elchonon Theological Seminary in New York City, under the tutelage of Moshe Aharon Poleyeff and Moshe Soloveichik.
His uncle, Samuel Saar (Yehudah Leib),[4] was the dean of the seminary.[3] At the time, Avigdo