Uri Mayerfeld
Uri Shraga Mayerfeld is a Rabbi and posek in Canada. He is the current Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario.Biography
Mayerfeld was born in Vineland, New Jersey. His father, Manfred Mayerfeld, was in the poultry business and was an active member of the Vineland Jewish community.
In his early years, Mayerfeld studied in Philadelphia Yeshiva under the tutelage of Rabbi Elya Svei, and in Brisk yeshiva under the tutelage of Rabbi Berel Soloveitchik. He received smicha in 1971 from Beis Medrash Gavoha of Lakewood, New Jersey.
When Mayerfeld joined the Ner Yisroel faculty, he was a high school rebbi. He was promoted to Rosh Yeshiva after the death of the former Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Gavriel Ginsburg.
Currently, Mayerfeld is an active leader of the Toronto Jewish community. He leads a daf yomi class for the general public and frequently speaks at public Jewish events.
