Mordechai Willig
| Rabbi Mordechai Willig | |
|---|---|
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| Position | Rabbi |
| Synagogue | Young Israel of Riverdale |
| Position | Rosh Yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | RIETS |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 25, 1947 New York City |
| Nationality |
 United States of America
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| Denomination | Orthodox |
| Residence | Riverdale, New York |
| Semicha | RIETS |
Mordechai Willig (born April 25, 1947) is an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University in Washington Heights, Manhattan. He is often known to his students as the Ramu (רמ"ו), which is the transliteration of the acronym of the Hebrew letters Reish, Mem, and Vav, which spell out the first letters of Rav Willig's name (Rabbi Mordechai Willig = רב מרדכי וויליג).
Born in New York City, Willig received a B.A. in mathematics in 1968 from Yeshiva College and an M.S. in Jewish history in 1971 from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies. He was a student of the late Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.
In 1973, Willig was appointed as rosh yeshiva at the Mazer School of Talmudic studies at Yeshiva University and holds that position, along with the position of rosh kollel at RIETS.
Willig has been the rabbi and spiritual leader at the Young Israel of Riverdale Synagogue, in Riverdale, The Bronx, New York, since 1974.
During the summer, Rav Willig is the Rosh Kollel of the college Morasha Kollel.
Willig is also the deputy av beis din of the Beth Din of America, the court of the Rabbinical Council of America. He co-authored the Rabbinical Council of America's prenuptial agreement. with Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg.
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