Gedalia Dov Schwartz

Gedalia Dov Schwartz was an eminent American Orthodox rabbi, scholar, and posek who lived in Chicago, Illinois. From 1991 to 2013, when he gave his position as Av Beth Din to Rabbi Yona Reiss, he was the av beis din of both the Beth Din of America and the Chicago Rabbinical Council (cRc) as well as the rosh beth din of the National Beth Din of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA). He was also editor of HaDarom, the RCA Torah journal.

Biography

Schwartz was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, where he first studied Torah in his teenage years with Rabbi Yaakov Benzion Mendelson. He was a graduate of Yeshiva College and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University, where he received his rabbinic ordination. Before coming to Chicago in 1987, Schwartz was the rabbi of the Young Israel of Boro Park for 18 years, having earlier held pulpits in Rhode Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He was a past president of the Mizrachi of Rhode Island and the RCA Philadelphia Region. ==Family==

Family

His father's name was Avraham. He married Rosalie (Rissia aka Shoshana) Poupko (d. 2009), with whom he had two sons and a daughter. In 2010, Schwartz married his second wife, Chana Sarah. ==Positions==

Positions

Rabbi Schwartz's opinion was frequently sought by both Jewish and secular sources on issues such as conversion to Judaism, halakhic prenuptial agreements, kashering items for Passover,{{cite web |url=http://www.kashrut.com/Passover/countertops/ |title=Chicago Rabbinical Council's Guidelines to Kashering Counter tops and Stovetops for Pesach ==Halakhic works==

Halakhic works

"Rabbi Schwartz was the first second-generation American rabbi to publish an original halachic [Jewish legal] work":{{cite web • Divrei Regesh • Migdanos Eliezer • Shaarei Gedulah ==Articles==

Articles

• Comments on the New York State "Get Law" • Halakhah and Minhag in Nusach Hatefillah (1990). Journal of Jewish Music and Liturgy 13, 7-10. ==References==

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