Rabbi Haim Lifshitz

Founder and Director of Sadnat Enosh
 

Rabbi Ze'ev Haim ben Eliezer Zeidel ZS"L

Translated excerpts from some Hebrew announcements

Rabbi Ze'ev Haim Lifshitz. May his memory bring blessing...
6/10/2012
We announce the passing, in Jerusalem, of the great and gifted Rabbi Ze'ev Haim Lifshitz, of blessed memory.  Right hand to the author of the responsa series Sridei Eish, Torah scholar and author, renowned graphologist and psychologist, who brought domestic tranquility to many troubled couples.

Baruch Dayan Emet
Shabat Chol HaMoed Sukkot, in Jerusalem, saw the passing of one of the world's greatest psychologists and graphologists, Rabbi Ze'ev Haim Lifshitz, of blessed memory...

...renowned for his Torah wisdom, he set many students on their feet, led them on the straight road; the man of insight and counsel, wise in the ways of the human spirit, who in love and friendship guided the paths of his fellow human beings toward service of God, beloved student of the author of Sridei Eish...our teacher and master the great and gifted Rabbi Ze'ev Haim Lifshitz...has been summoned to the yeshiva on high....

....and on Arutz Sheva web site...

Rabbi Ze'ev Haim Lifshitz ZS"L passed away Saturday. Rabbi Lifshitz was a resident of Jerusalem and was an esteemed rabbi, scholar and teacher. He was born in Yaffo in 1935 to Rabbi Eliezer Zeidel and Rebbetzin Chana Hasha and was fortunate enough to study under the Chazon Ish ZS"L.

Rabbi Lifshitz was the founder of Sadnat Enosh where he taught fellow educators, students and the public at large. He gave advice and counseling on subject matters such as education, family and spirituality and was thought of as an expert on familial relations.

Rabbi Lifshitz authored the book "Existence and Destiny" about the book of Jonah and Zahalti v'Erah (best translated) "I crawled and I was Afraid," a book about the Torah, and many more articles and scholarly papers that never saw the light of day.

He left behind his wife, 12 children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Founder and Director of Sadnat Enosh

Rabbi Lifshitz was the founder of Sadnat Enosh (The Human Workshop) a unique counseling center that employs a unique methodology.

Born in Israel and trained in the great analytical traditions of the Lithuanian Yeshivas, Rabbi Lifshitz was a scion of the scholarly dynasties of the Lithuanian Torah world. Rabbi Lifshitz represents Torah Judaism � the authentic spirit of Torah as taught by the great sages of the Lithuanian and Chassidic schools.

He learned his first Torah from his gifted father, a close student of the Hafetz Haim and one of the great scholars of the Lomzhe and Hebron yeshivas. As a growing child, he "sheltered in the shade" of the Hazon Ish and drank of his wisdom. He served as �right hand� to Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg, of blessed memory, author of the responsa series, Sridei Eish, participating closely in the writing and editing of these responsa.

Rabbi Lifshitz studied closely under Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, of blessed memory, for many years, and for decades maintained close personal contact with his illustrious cousins, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, of blessed memory, and Rabbi Josef Dov Soloveitchik, of blesed memory.

Sadnat Enosh is an independent institution, unaffiliated with any organizational frameworks or educational institutions.
Rabbi Lifshitz's teachings acknowledge the influence of pioneering developmental psychologist Jean Piaget, his teacher at the University of Geneva for six years, whose theory of structuralism -- aspiring to achieve balance between opposing vectors -- contributed to Rabbi Lifshitz's methodology.