The champion of the rishonim
The Life and Times of
HaRav HaGaon R’ Chaim Moshe Yehuda Blau ZT”L
By M. Hecht
Like our glorious European Jewish past, Rabbi Moshe Yehuda
Blau was a treasure. His petirah on the 3rd of Iyar closed a
window on a world long gone and leaves a void in the Jewish communities of the
United States and Canada, and indeed, around the world.
Born in Hamburg, Germany on the 4th of
Marcheshvan, 5673, the young Moshe Yehuda attended the yeshiva where his
esteemed father taught, and then learned in Chust, Hungary, under the tutelage
of Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky. His goal was to continue his learning in Mir. He
saved up for the trip by tutoring young children in his spare time.
