Eliyahu Meir Bloch

Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch
Personal
Born	1894 Telšiai, Russian Empire present-day Lithuania
Died	January 22, 1955 Cleveland, Ohio, US
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	American
Spouse	Rivka Bloch née Kaplan
Parents	Rabbi Yosef Leib Bloch (father) Chasya Bloch née Gordon (mother)
Denomination	Orthodox Judaism
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch
Successor	Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Katz
Position	Rosh yeshiva
Yeshiva	Telshe Yeshiva
Buried	January 23, 1955 Mount Olive Cemetery, Solon, Ohio
Residence	Cleveland, Ohio

Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch (October 23, 1894 – January 22, 1955), often referred to as Rav Elya Meir Bloch, was a leading Orthodox Jewish rabbi in the United States in the years after World War II. He founded the Telshe Yeshiva^[1] in Cleveland, Ohio together with Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Katz, and served as its first rosh yeshiva.