Yisrael Friedman (Hebrew: ישראל פרידמן בן-שלום; November 8, 1923 – May 1, 2017), also known as the "Pashkaner Rebbe", was a historian, Rabbi, and Rosh Yeshiva.

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] "Ben-Shalom", a man of peace, was appended to the surname in reference to his forebear Sholom Shachne of Prohobisht.

He studied Torah under both of his grandfathers, Menachem Mendel of Bohush and Moshe Yehudah Leib of Pashkan.

Thereafter, he and Tzipora lived on several Kibbutzim, including in secretarial and educational roles, and were on shlichut for the Sochnut to France in the 1960s.

[7] Rabbi Friedman died at the age of 93, leaving his wife Rebbetzin Tziporah, four sons and one daughter.