Yehoshua Leib Diskin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetYehoshua Leib Diskin
Lithuanian rabbi
Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1818
Place of Birth: Grodno, Belarus
Date of Death: 22-Jan-1898
Profession: rabbi
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Yehoshua Leib Diskin
- Moshe Yehoshua Yehuda Leib Diskin (1818–1898), also known as the Maharil Diskin, was a leading rabbi, Talmudist and Biblical commentator.
- He served as a rabbi in Lomza, Mezritch, Kovno, Shklov, Brisk and finally Jerusalem, after moving to Eretz Yisrael in 1878.
- He opened what today is known as the Diskin Orphan Home in 1881.
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