Dovid Schustal

Dovid Tzvi Schustal (Hebrew: דוד צבי שוסטל‎) (born July 1947)[1] is an Orthodox rabbi and one of the four roshei yeshiva (deans) of Beth Medrash Govoha (the Lakewood Yeshiva) in Lakewood, New Jersey. He shares this post with Rabbi Malkiel Kotler, Rabbi Yerucham Olshin, and Rabbi Yisroel Neuman.[2][3]

Rabbi Dovid Schustal
Personal
Born	Dovid Tzvi Schustal July 1947 (age 73) Monsey, New York
Religion	Judaism
Parents	Rabbi Eliyahu Simcha Schustal Sarah Ehrenfeld
Denomination	Haredi
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Rabbi Shneur Kotler
Position	Rosh yeshiva
Yeshiva	Beth Medrash Govoha
Began	1982
Residence	Lakewood, New Jersey

Biography

Schustal is the eldest child of Rabbi Eliyahu Simcha Schustal (1923–2012) and his wife, Sarah (1925–2015), the daughter of Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld, the Mattersdorfer Rav.[4] He was born a year after his parent's marriage and their move to Monsey, New York, where Simcha Schustal served as rosh kollel of the kollel attached to Beth Medrash Elyon for nearly 30 years. He has two younger brothers and four sisters.[1]

Schustal married the daughter of the previous rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha, Rabbi Shneur Kotler,[5] who was the son of the founding rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Aharon Kotler.

References

1. Donn, Yochonon. "Hagaon Harav Eliyahu Simcha Schustal, zt"l, Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Binyomin in Stamford". Hamodia, 3 May 2012, pp. B30-31.
2. Gesser, Yosef (2010). "Thousands Participate in BMG Brooklyn Shabbos and Dinner". Hamodia. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
3. "Second Annual Bais Medrash Govoah Shabbos of Chizuk and Melava Malka in Monsey". matzav.com. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
4. Hoffman, Rafael. "Rebbetzin Sarah Schustal, a"h". Hamodia, 26 Nov 2015, p. 21.
5. Dershowitz, Rabbi Yitzchok (2006). The Legacy Of Maran Rav Aharon Kotler. Feldheim Publishers. p. 268. ISBN 1-58330-875-X.

External links

• The Gedolim Speak: Rav Dovid Schustal, shlit"a