ר׳ אביגדור נבנצל

ר׳ אביגדור נבנצל (born 1935) is a Jerusalem posek, teacher and former rabbi of the Old City. Born to Yitzhak Ernst Nebenzahl, later Israel’s state comptroller, he was educated in Jerusalem and became a close student of ר׳ שלמה זלמן אויערבאך. After the Six-Day War he joined the renewed Torah community of the Jewish Quarter, taught at Yeshivat HaKotel and served for decades as rabbi of the Old City before transferring that office to his son ר׳ חזקיהו נבנצל. He is senior rosh yeshiva at Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh, teaches at Yeshivat HaKotel, and is associated with the Ramban Synagogue and Kollel Kotel, which he founded. His published rulings and lectures address the festivals, prayer, Shabbat, Tanakh, ethics and the sanctity of Jerusalem.