Elya Svei
Russian-born American Haredi rabbi, educator, and Talmudic scholar (1924–2009)
Summary
Elya Svei was an American Haredi Jewish rabbi and co-rosh yeshiva of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia. He was born in Kaunas and died in Philadelphia.
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