Shlomo Zalman Auerbach

Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
Shlomo Zalman Auerbach with Gedaliah Eiseman (1989)
Position	Rosh Yeshiva
Yeshiva	Kol Torah
Personal details
Born	(1910-07-20)July 20, 1910 Shaarei Chesed, Ottoman Empire
Died	February 20, 1995(1995-02-20) (aged 84) Israel
Denomination	Orthodox
Spouse	Chaya Rivka Ruchamkin
Children	Shmuel Ezriel Avraham Dov Mordechai Yaakov Auerbach Meir Simcha Baruch

Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Hebrew: שלמה זלמן אוירבך‎; July 20, 1910 - February 20, 1995) was a renowned Orthodox Jewish rabbi, posek, and rosh yeshiva of the Kol Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel. The Jerusalem neighborhood Ramat Shlomo is named after Rabbi Auerbach.

Rabbi Auerbach was the first child to be born in the Shaarei Chesed neighborhood of Jerusalem founded by his maternal grandfather, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Porush, after whom he was named. His father, Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach, was rosh yeshiva of Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva, and his mother was Rebbetzin Tzivia.

By the age of eleven he was proficient in the entire talmudic tractate of Kiddushin. As a teenager he attended the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He was known for his diligence which is illustrated by an event which occurred while he was in yeshiva. On the day the first automobile rolled into Jerusalem along the Jaffa Road, all the students left their studies to marvel at the horse-less wagon. Only young Shlomo Zalman remained in his chair immersed in his studies. Following his marriage he studied under Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank at Kollel Kerem Tzion which focused on the laws of the Land of Israel. He was known as one of the Charedi Ashkenazi supporters for Heter Mechira during the Shmita year.