High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna (1890 - 1969) was the successor to Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka, as the spiritual mentor of that Yeshiva. He moved it from Europe to Hebron in 1925 and following the Hebron Massacre of 1929 to Jerusalem. In 1934 he assumed the position of Rosh Yeshiva. Rabbi Sarna was born in Horodok, Russia, on the 28th Shevat in 1890. His father, Rabbi Yaakov Chaim, was the city's shochet and melamed, and later its maggid. He was known for his outstanding acts of charity, and he became particularly renowned when he aided his townsmen during a highly contagious epidemic. Rabbi Sarna's mother, Aidel, was the daughter of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Buxenbaum, a chassid of the Chiddushei Harim, and author of Rechovos Ir, a commentary on Midrash Rabba. She was also known for her exemplary character traits. Rabbi Sarna received his primary education from his father, as well as at the cheder in Horodok.
