Yechiel Menachem Mendel Kalmenson
Rabbi Yechiel Menachem Mendel Kalmenson is the Rosh Yeshiva of Tomchei Tmimim in Brunoy, France, and author of the series of seforim Mai Tal, Afikei Mayim, and others.
Life History[edit | edit source]
Born to Rabbi Yekusiel Dov Ber Kalmenson together with his twin brother Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kalmenson in the town of Brunoy.
He learned in Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch in Brunoy under Rabbi Yosef Goldberg and Rabbi Nissan Nemenov.
He married his wife Mrs. Sterna Kalmenson, daughter of Rabbi Hillel Pevzner and his wife Mrs. Eshka, and has served as Rosh Yeshiva of Tomchei Tmimim in Brunoy since 1986.
Rabbi Kalmenson is known for his exceptional ability as a masterful explainer and for writing chidushei Torah. To date, he has published dozens of seforim. Uniquely, his seforim are published by 'Machon Yerushalayim', which typically only prints seforim from gedolei Torah of previous generations and does not deal with printing chidushei Torah seforim from contemporary authors.
As part of his role, Rabbi Kalmenson gives weekly shiurim to third and fourth-year students in the yeshiva in Brunoy, and a shiur klali twice monthly to all yeshiva students. He also gives weekly shiurim in French to mekuravim in Paris.
Family[edit | edit source]
- His wife, Mrs. Sterna Kalmenson (passed away on Shabbos 17 Shevat 2025)
- His son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hendel - The Rebbe's shliach to Athens, Greece
- His son-in-law, Rabbi Shimon Ben-Zion Eisenbach - Rosh Mesivta in Yeshiva Ketana Tomchei Tmimim Brunoy
- His son-in-law, Rabbi Wasserman - Los Angeles, USA
- His son-in-law, Rabbi Shneur Zalman Pinson - Crown Heights, New York
- His son, Rabbi Yekusiel Dov Kalmenson - Rosh Mesivta in Tomchei Tmimim Brunoy
- His son, Rabbi Aryeh Leib Kalmenson - Rosh Mesivta in Bondy, France
Additional Reading[edit | edit source]
- Shalom Magidman, "The Chabad Lighthouse", Holiday conversation in Kfar Chabad weekly magazine issue 1876 page 29