Rabbi Asher Arieli is married to the daughter of Rabbi Nachum Partzovitz, the late Rosh Yeshiva of Mir. Rabbi Arieli is the son of Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Arieli, author of Be"er Yaakov (באר יעקב). Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Arieli was the son of Rabbi Yitzhak Arieli, author of Einaim L"Mishpat (עינים למשפט) and Mashgiach Ruchani of Mercaz HaRav.
Before his marriage, Rabbi Arieli studied in the Ponevezh Yeshiva headed by Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky, and he later studied under his father-in-law in the Mirrer Yeshiva.
He is globally renowned for his lectures on Talmud and is widely recognized as a Gadol in his own right. He presently delivers the largest Talmudic lecture by attendance in the world with approximately 700 daily attendees. His primary, daily shiur begins at about 6:00pm and is streamed live at kolhaloshon.com. in the Mir are often given in Yiddish because many of the students come from America and Europe and are more fluent in Yiddish than Hebrew.
Rav Eitan Jaffan is another distinguished Talmud of Reb Asher.
Rabbi Yechiel Spero, author of "Touched by a Story" considers himself a student of Reb Asher. Many of his students are now respected lecturers in yeshivas worldwide, including the United States of America and the United Kingdom.
