# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eliyahu-eliezer-dessler
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:00:53.573Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eliyahu-eliezer-dessler"
name: "Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler"
slug: "eliyahu-eliezer-dessler"
description: "Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler was an Orthodox rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and Jewish philosopher of the 20th century. He is best known for being the mashgiach ruchani of the Ponevezh yeshiva in Israel and through collections of his writings published posthumously by his pupils."
tagline: "Latvian rabbi"
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birthDate: "1892-05-30"
deathDate: "1953-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump