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{{Infobox Jewish leader |
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| honorific-prefix = Rabbi |
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| name = Uri Mayerfeld |
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| honorific-suffix = שליט"א |
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| yeshiva = [[Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto]] |
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| yeshivaposition = Rosh Yeshiva |
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| predecessor = Rabbi Gavriel Ginsburg |
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| birth_name = Uri Shraga Meyerfeld |
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| birth_place = [[Vineland]], [[New Jersey]] |
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| parents = Manfred Mayerfeld |
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| spouse = Esther Mayerfeld |
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| occupation = [[Rosh Yeshiva]] |
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'''Uri Shraga Mayerfeld''' is a [[Rabbi]] and [[posek]] in Canada. He is the current [[Rosh Yeshiva]] (headmaster) of [[Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto]] in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]. |
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== Biography == |
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Meyerfeld was born in [[Vineland]], [[New Jersey]]. His father, Manfred Mayerfeld, was in the [[Poultry farming|poultry business]] and was an active member of the Vineland Jewish community.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Horowitz |first1=Faigie |title=Finding the Divine in Vineland |url=https://www.slideshare.net/FaigieHorowitz/finding-the-divine-in-vineland |publisher=Hamodia |accessdate=19 April 2020 |page=9 |date=27 September 2012}}</ref> |
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In his early years, Mayerfeld studied in [[Philadelphia Yeshiva]] under the tutelage of Rabbi [[Elya Svei]], and in [[Brisk yeshiva]] under the tutelage of Rabbi [[Berel Soloveitchik]].<ref>{{cite web |title=New Kollel Launching in Toronto This Elul |url=https://matzav.com/new-kollel-launching-in-toronto-this-elul/ |publisher=Matzav |accessdate=19 April 2020 |date=28 August 2016}}</ref> He received [[smicha]] (rabbinic ordination) in 1971 from [[Beis Medrash Gavoha]] of [[Lakewood]], [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Faculty |url=https://www.neryisroel.info/ |publisher=Ner Yisroel |accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> |
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When Meyerfeld joined the Ner Yisroel faculty, he was a high school [[Rabbi|rebbi]] (religious studies teacher). He was promoted to Rosh Yeshiva after the death of the former Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Gavriel Ginsburg. |
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Currently, Mayerfeld is an active leader of the Toronto Jewish community. He leads a [[daf yomi]] (Talmud) class for the general public<ref>{{cite web |title=Maggidei Shiur |url=https://www.thesiyum.org/maggidei-shiur?offset=700 |publisher=Agudas Yisroel of America |accessdate=19 April 2020 |date=2019}}</ref> and frequently speaks at public Jewish events.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ahavat Yisrael Parlour Meeting |url=http://www.frumtoronto.com/CalendarEvents.asp?id=2265 |publisher=Frum Toronto |accessdate=19 April 2020 |date=25 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Picture of the Day |url=https://collive.com/picture-of-the-day-930/ |publisher=COL Live |accessdate=19 April 2020 |date=5 March 2020}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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