Moshe Aharon Poleyeff
# Moshe Aharon Poleyeff

Moshe Aharon Poleyeff (1888 – 1966) was an American rabbi, teaching at Yeshiva University (YU) in New York where he was a Rosh Yeshiva for over 45 years, training generations of rabbis, including Mordechai Gifter.

## Biography

Poleyeff was born in 1888, in Timkovitz, near Slutsk, 98 km (61 mi) south of Minsk, Belarus (White Russia).

He was a student of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, by whom he was ordained in 1910; married 1912.

Poleyeff arrived in the United States in 1920, and immediately began a teaching career at Yeshiva University in New York, where for about 46 years he was a YU/RIETS Roshei Yeshiva and had thousands of students. His "Thursday Shiur" teaching methodology incorporated a student-presented topic, followed by discussion; he helped the student prepare the prior week or two.

Poleyeff died 2 Kislev 5727 (November 1966).

## Works

* Machaneh Yisroel
* Be'er Avraham
* Ohr HaShemesh
* Orach Mishor
