Yehoshua Hartman

Rabbi Yehoshua Hartman
Yehoshua Hartman speaking at Yeshivat Darche Noam, Israel in 2004
Position	Rosh Yeshiva
Yeshiva	Hasmonean High School
Created Rabbi	Rabbi Avraham Shapira
Personal details
Born	St. Louis, Missouri
Nationality	United States of America
Denomination	Orthodox
Residence	Hendon, London  England  United Kingdom
Occupation	Rabbi, Talmudic commentator on the Maharal of Prague
Semicha	Chief Rabbinate of Israel

Rabbi Yehoshua Hartman (Hebrew: יהושע הרטמן‎‎) is an American rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and commentator on the teachings of the Maharal of Prague.^[1] He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He currently lives with his wife in Hendon, London.

His father, Rabbi Yechezkel Hartman, was a noted student of the author of the Pachad Yitzchak (Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner). His brother, Rabbi Ezra Hartman, is a teacher at Yeshivas Bais Yisroel.

Rabbi Hartman graduated from the Yeshiva High School (The Yishuv) and then went on to study at Yeshivas Itri. He spent over twenty years working at a Michlala in Jerusalem, Israel. During his time in Israel, he also taught at Maarava Machon Rubin and resided in the suburb of Har Nof. He currently heads the Hasmonean Beis Hamedrash, the sixth form Jewish Studies Programme at Hasmonean High School in Hendon, North West London.^[2]

Published works

Hartman has written over thirty volumes including several books of commentary on the writings of Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel (Maharal of Prague). Hartman has stated that he intends to write commentaries on all of the published works of Maharal.

As of 2012 he has produced commentaries on the following books:

• נצח ישראל
• נתיבות עולם
• גבורות ה '
• תפארת ישראל
• גור אריה
• דרך החיים
• נר מצוה
• באר הגולה

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