Shmuel Kamenetzky

Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky
Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky in 2016
Position	Rosh yeshiva
Yeshiva	Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia
Personal details
Birth name	Shmuel Kamenetsky
Born	November 1924 (age 93) Tzetivyan, Lithuania
Nationality	American
Denomination	Haredi
Residence	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dynasty	Kamenetsky
Parents	Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky and Ettil Kamenetsky
Spouse	Temi Brooks
Children	Sholom Avrohom Dov Zev Aaron Eliyahu Dovid Shoshana Ettil Miriam Malka
Occupation	Rabbi
Alma mater	Beth Medrash Govoha, Ner Israel Rabbinical College

Shmuel Kamenetsky (born November 1924) is a Haredi rabbi and founder and rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia. He is one of the most widely known living Haredi Litvish Jewish gedolim outside of Israel. He is the son of Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky (1891–1986), one of America's greatest Torah leaders.

Kamenetsky was a primary student of Rabbi Aharon Kotler, from whom he received semicha (rabbinic ordination). Prior to studying in Kotler's Lakewood Yeshiva, Kamenetsky learned in Ner Israel Rabbinical College under the tutelage of his father's cousin, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, and prior to that, Kamenetsky attended Eitz Chaim Day Schools in Toronto.

In the mid-1950s, as part of the Lakewood Yeshiva's effort to establish out-of-town yeshivas, Kamenetsky and Rabbi Dov Schwartzman were sent to found the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia. In 1955, Schwartzman departed to open his yeshiva in Israel. Kamenetsky then called upon Rabbi Elya Svei, to serve as co-rosh yeshiva. This arrangement continued until Svei's death in March 2009.

Kamenetsky is a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of America and serves on the rabbinical board of many organizations, including Chinuch Atzmai (Torah Schools for Israel), Torah Umesorah, the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation and the Association for Jewish Outreach Professionals (AJOP).