Moshe Shatzkes

Moshe Shatzkes (Hebrew: משה שאצקס; 1881 – December 29, 1958) was a rabbi and renowned Talmudic scholar, commonly known as the Łomża Rov".

His father, Rabbi Avraham Aharon Shatzkes, was the spiritual leader of Vilnius who was known as the "Illui mi Zhetel"[1] (the Genius from Dzyatlava).

[1] his son in law was the great Talmud of yeshivas Chaim Berlin R Tzvi Hersh Levenberg His first rabbinical position was in Lipnishuk,[1] near Vilnius, in 1909.

He befriended the Japanese scholar Setzuso Kotsuji, a friend of Japan's Foreign Affairs minister, and with his help he aided the fleeing of thousands of refugees.

He was immediately appointed a senior Rosh Yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary,[1] remaining in this role for the rest of his life.

Along with Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Samuel Belkin, Shatzkes was a member of the Rabbinical Ordination Board at the seminary, granting semicha to 425 of its graduates.