HaRav Yisrael Landa

Please note:

  • This page and all derivatives is/are a continued work in progress. Please send a message for any corrections and those will be considered and/or actioned as soon as possible.
  • Just because the below authorities wearing Techeiles are listed doesn’t mean we have contact info on all of them. This is for informational purposes only.
Quick Facts
  • Hebrew Name: הרב ישראל לנדא
  • How We Know: Heard from Reliable Source
  • Location Born: Jerusalem, Israel
  • Current Location: Jerusalem, Israel

Type of wearer: Rabbi

Affiliation: Charedi, Yeshivish

Rabbi Yisrael Landa is the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Heichal Yitzchok in Jerusalem, a yeshiva he founded in Elul 5775 together with Rabbi Daniel Natan Cohen. The yeshiva was named after his brother, Rabbi Yitzchok Landa, who had served as a ram in Yeshivas Chevron and passed away in 5774. In the yeshiva world, the institution is widely known simply as “Landa.”

He is the son of Rabbi Kalman Landa, who served as a ram in Yeshivas Tchebin. Rav Landa learned in Yeshivas Ponevezh and became close to Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky. He was also among the founders of Yeshivas Beis Mattisyahu.

In Elul 5757 he began serving as a ram in Yeshivas Mahari”l under Rabbi Chizkiyahu Yosef Schreiber. When the yeshiva later moved to Beit Chilkiyah, Rav Landa remained in Jerusalem and went on to serve as a rosh chaburah in Mir. In the summer of 5766, Rabbi Yissachar Meir appointed him rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Zerach in Zeru’ah. After Rabbi Meir’s passing, he later served as a ram in Yeshivas Ateres Yisrael.

His style of learning is identified with a highly structured, analytical form of lomdus, associated with the Beis Mattisyahu approach, together with elements he absorbed from Rabbi Chizkiyahu Yosef Schreiber. That style helped shape Yeshivas Heichal Yitzchok into a recognizable makom Torah in its own right.

Rav Landa is also known as one of the few Litvish roshei yeshiva who wears a pesil techeiles in his tzitzis. At the same time, he tells his talmidim to follow the prevailing practice of the broader tzibbur rather than assume they must copy him.

What was wrong with the old version was not only the tone. It imported an entirely different biography: Crown Heights, Chabad shlichus, Toronto, Philadelphia, Texas, Bathurst and Centre, and the Beth Chabad Israeli Community Centre. Those details belong to the Thornhill Rabbi Israel Landa, not to Rav Yisrael Landa of Heichal Yitzchok.

About Wearer

Translated from https://www.hamichlol.org.il/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%90#%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%95_%D7%94%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%95%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%AA:

Rabbi Yisrael Landa (born in 5725 / 1965) is the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Heichal Yitzchok in Jerusalem.

Biography

He was born in 5725 to Rabbi Kalman Landa, who served as a ram in Yeshivas Tchebin, and to Esther (who passed away on 8 Sivan 5776), daughter of Rabbi Avraham Zev Treger.

He studied in Yeshivas Ponevezh and was close to the rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Boruch Dov Povarsky. He was among the founders of Yeshivas Beis Mattisyahu.[1]

In Elul 5757, he began serving as a ram in Yeshivas Mahari”l under Rabbi Chizkiyahu Yosef Schreiber. His appointment was considered groundbreaking in the yeshiva, which at that time was intended only for bnei kibbutz. In the summer of 5761, the yeshiva moved to Moshav Beit Chilkiyah. Rabbi Landa remained in Jerusalem and went on to serve as a rosh chaburah in Yeshivas Mir.

In the summer of 5766, Rabbi Yissachar Meir opened Yeshivas Ner Zerach in Moshav Zeru’ah,[2] and Rabbi Landa was appointed to serve there as a rosh yeshiva. After Rabbi Meir’s passing, he moved to Yeshivas Ateres Yisrael and served there as a ram.

In Elul 5775, he founded Yeshivas Heichal Yitzchok, named after his brother Rabbi Yitzchok Landa, who had served as a ram in Yeshivas Chevron and passed away in 5774, together with Rabbi Daniel Natan Cohen. In the ציבור, the yeshiva is commonly known simply as “Landa.”

On 24 Shevat 5784, he lost his daughter Chagit Wexler.

His educational and learning approach
Expanded article – Yeshivas Heichal Yitzchok

Rabbi Landa’s method of learning is analytical and structured, with conceptual lomdus, following the approach of his rebbi Rabbi Boruch Weisbecker, known as the method of Yeshivas Beis Mattisyahu,[clarification needed] with an added element from the teachings of Rabbi Chizkiyahu Yosef Schreiber.[1]

Rabbi Landa is among the only roshei yeshiva[3] in the Litvish world who ties a pesil techeiles in his tzitzis. However, he instructs his talmidim to follow the practice of the majority of the ציבור, which does not wear techeiles. Even so, a small number of his talmidim follow his example.

In Adar 5780, when the coronavirus outbreak began in Israel, he was among the first [source needed] to warn in his yeshiva that all safety rules must be observed.[4]

If you want, I can also give you a smoother, more natural English version instead of a close translation.

From https://www.hamichlol.org.il/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%90#%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%95_%D7%94%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%95%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%AA:

הרב ישראל לנדא (נולד בשנת תשכ”ה) הוא ראש ישיבת היכל יצחק בירושלים.

ביוגרפיה

נולד בשנת תשכ”ה, לרבי קלמן לנדא, שכיהן כר”מ בישיבת טשעבין, ולאסתר (נפטרה בח’ סיון התשע”ו), בתו של הרב אברהם זאב טרגר.

למד בישיבת פוניבז’, והיה מקורב לראש הישיבה הרב ברוך דב פוברסקי, היה ממייסדי ישיבת בית מתתיהו[1].

באלול התשנ”ז החל לשמש כר”מ בישיבת מהרי”ל בראשות הרב חזקיהו יוסף שרייבר. מינויו נחשב פורץ דרך בישיבה, שיועדה אז לבני קיבוץ בלבד. בקיץ התשס”א עברה הישיבה למושב בית חלקיה, הרב לנדא נשאר בירושלים ועבר לשמש כראש חבורה בישיבת מיר.

בקיץ התשס”ו פתח רבי יששכר מאיר את ישיבת נר זרח במושב זרועה [2] והרב לנדא מונה לשמש בה כראש ישיבה. עם פטירתו של הרב מאיר, עבר לישיבת עטרת ישראל ושימש בה ר”מ.

באלול תשע”ה ייסד את ישיבת היכל יצחק, על שם אחיו רבי יצחק לנדא שכיהן כר”מ ישיבת חברון (נפטר בתשע”ד), יחד עם הרב דניאל נתן כהן. הישיבה מוכרת בציבור כ’לנדא’.

בכ”ד שבט תשפ”ד שיכל את בתו חגית וקסלר.

דרכו החינוכית והלימודית

 ערך מורחב – ישיבת היכל יצחק

שיטת הלימוד של הרב לנדא היא חשבונאית עם לומדות כשיטת רבו הרב ברוך ויסבקר המוכרת כשיטת ישיבת בית מתתיהו[דרושה הבהרה], בתוספת נופך ממשנתו של הרב חזקיהו יוסף שרייבר[1].

הרב לנדא הוא מבין ראשי הישיבה היחידים[3] במגזר הליטאי שקושר פתיל תכלת בציציותיו, אך לתלמידיו מורה לעשות כפי הנהגת רוב הציבור שאינו מטיל תכלת, עם זאת, יש מעט מתלמידיו שנוהגים כך בעקבותיו.

באדר תש”פ, עם התפרצות נגיף הקורונה בישראל, היה מן הראשונים[דרוש מקור] להתריע בישיבתו שיש לשמור על כללי הזהירות[4].

X

    Let's meet

    Let’s schedule a time to meet for strings and quality service.




    What is Refresh icon

    *=Required