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Rabbi Moshe Feinstein

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein
Born March 3, 1895(1895-03-03)
Uzda, Belarus
Died March 23, 1986 (aged 91)
New York, NY
Burial place Har HaMenuchot, Israel
31°48′00″N 35°10′00″E / 31.8, 35.183333
Other names Reb Moshe
Occupation Rabbi, Posek
Employers Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem
Known for Being near-universally accepted by Orthodox Jews as the ultimate arbitor of halakha during the later portion of his life. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The City of New York Har HaMenuchot (הר המנוחות Mount of Respite, Ashkenazi pronunciation Har HaMenuchos) is a Cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master Posek ( Hebrew פוסק po·ˈseq pl Poskim, פוסקים is the term in Jewish law for "decider"—a legal scholar who decides the Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem, ( Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim) is one of the oldest existent Yeshivot in New York City, and is renowned for being the institution Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law
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Dovid Feinstein
Reuven Feinstein
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Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (March 3, 1895–March 23, 1986) was a Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi, scholar and posek (an authoritative adjudicator of questions related to Jewish law), who was world-renowned for his expertise in Halakha and was regarded by many as the de facto supreme rabbinic authority for Orthodox Jewry of North America. Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized Rabbi David Feinstein, (b Lubań, USSR) son of the late Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, is an acknowledged Torah scholar and Halachic authority Rabbi Reuven Feinstein is the Rosh Yeshiva of the residence hall of Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem, located in Staten Island New York Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Lithuanian Jews (known in Yiddish and Yeshivish as Litvish (adjective or Litvaks (noun are Ashkenazi Jews with roots in the Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master Posek ( Hebrew פוסק po·ˈseq pl Poskim, פוסקים is the term in Jewish law for "decider"—a legal scholar who decides the Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law In the Orthodox world, it is universal to refer to him simply as "Reb Moshe. Reb ( רעֶבּ) is a title of respect often used in Orthodox Judaism, especially by Hasidic and Litvish Jews "

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Biography

Rabbi Feinstein was born, according to the Hebrew calendar, on the 7th day of Adar, 5655 (traditionally the date of birth of the Biblical Moshe) in Uzda, near Minsk, Belarus, then part of the Russian empire to his father Rabbi David Feinstein, rabbi of Uzdan. The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Adar ( Hebrew: אֲדָר, Standard Adar Tiberian ʾĂḏār; from Akkadian Moses ( Latin: Moyses,; Greek: grc Mωυσής in both the Septuagint and the New Testament; Arabic: ar موسىٰ Minsk (Мінск mʲinsk Минск mʲinsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Niamiha rivers Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya His father was a descendant of Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman, Rabbi of Kapolye, whose glosses on the Talmud have been published in the back of the Gemarah; and also the author of other Talmudic works. The Gemara (also transliterated Gemora or less commonly Gemorra) (from Aramaic גמרא gamar; literally " study"

He studied with his father and also in yeshivas located in Slutsk, Shklov and Amstislav, before being appointed rabbi of Lubań where he served for sixteen years. Yeshiva or yeshivah (jəʃi'və ( Hebrew: ישיבה "sitting (n Slutsk (Слуцк Слуцк Sluckas is a town in Belarus, located on the Sluch River 105 km south of Minsk. Škłoŭ (Шклоў ʂkɫɔu̯ Шклов Shklov) is a town in the Mogilev Province of Belarus, located 35 km north of Mogilev on the Mstsislaw (msʲtsʲi'sɫau̯ Мсці́слаў Mścisłaŭ; Мстиславль Mstislavl; Mścisław is a town in Mahilyow Voblast, Eastern Belarus Under increasing pressure from the Soviet regime, he moved with his family to New York City in 1936 where he lived for the rest of his life. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The City of New York

Settling on the Lower East Side, he became the rosh yeshiva of Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem. The Lower East Side is a Neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Rosh yeshiva, ( pl. Heb. Roshei yeshiva; Yeshivish Rosh yeshivas) (ראש ישיבה is the title given to the dean of Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem, ( Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim) is one of the oldest existent Yeshivot in New York City, and is renowned for being the institution He later established a branch of the yeshiva in Staten Island, New York, now headed by his son Rabbi Reuven Feinstein. Staten Island (ˌstætənˈaɪlənd is a borough of New York City situated primarily on the island of the same name Rabbi Reuven Feinstein is the Rosh Yeshiva of the residence hall of Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem, located in Staten Island New York His son Rabbi Dovid Feinstein heads the Manhattan branch. Rabbi David Feinstein, (b Lubań, USSR) son of the late Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, is an acknowledged Torah scholar and Halachic authority Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York

He was president of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada and chaired the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of America from the 1960's until his death. The Agudas HaRabonim should not be confused with the Agudath Israel of America ( Agudas Yisroel) organization, or with the Union of Orthodox The Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (also abbreviated as Moetzes or The Moetzes) מועצת גדולי התורה ("Council of Torah Sages" is the name for the Agudath Israel of America (or Agudas Yisroel of America or Agudat Yisrael of America or simply the Agudah is [[Hebrew language|Hebrew] for "gathering" Rabbi Feinstein also took an active leadership role in Israel’s Chinuch Atzmai. Chinuch Atzmai was founded in 1953 by the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah ( Council of Torah Sages of Agudath Israel in Israel) to serve as

He was revered by many as the Gadol Hador (greatest Torah sage of the generation), including by Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, Rabbi Yonasan Steif, Rabbi Elyah Lopian, Rabbi Aharon Kotler, Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky and Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, even though several of them were far older than he. Gadol or godol גדול (plurual gedolim גדולים ( Hebrew "big" or "great" is a Hebrew term used mostly by Haredi Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, known as The Steipler or The Steipler Gaon (1899&ndash1985 was a world-renowned Posek ("decisor" of Jewish Rabbi Yonasan Steif (1877-1958 was a senior Dayan of Budapest, Hungary, before the Second World War, a man whom Rabbi Moshe Feinstein Eliyohu Lopian (1872&ndash1970 known as Reb Elyah, was among the most prominent Rabbis of the Mussar movement. Rabbi Aharon (or Ahroyn Aaron Aron Kotler (1891 - 1962 was a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Lithuania, and later the Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky ( February 28, 1891 - March 10, 1986) was a prominent Rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Yosef Sholom Elyashiv (יוסף שלום אלישיב (born April 19 1910 is a Haredi Rabbi and Posek (arbiter of Jewish law He was universally recognized as the preeminent Torah sage and posek of his generation, and people from around the world called upon him to answer their most complicated Halachic questions. Posek ( Hebrew פוסק po·ˈseq pl Poskim, פוסקים is the term in Jewish law for "decider"—a legal scholar who decides the

Rabbi Feinstein participated in the Rabbis' march on Washington on October 6, 1943. The Rabbis' March was a protest for American and allied action to stop the destruction of European Jewry

Notable decisions

Owing to his prominence as an adjudicator of Jewish law, Rabbi Feinstein was asked the most difficult questions, in which he issued a number of innovative or controversial decisions. Posek ( Hebrew פוסק po·ˈseq pl Poskim, פוסקים is the term in Jewish law for "decider"—a legal scholar who decides the Soon after arriving in the United States, he established a reputation for handling business and labor disputes. For instance, he wrote about strikes, seniority, and fair competition. Later, he served as the chief Halakhic authority for the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, which suited his growing involvement with Jewish medical ethics cases. Jewish medical ethics is a modern scholarly and clinical approach to Medical ethics that draws upon Jewish thought and teachings In the medical arena, he fiercely opposed the early, unsuccessful heart transplants and, over time, it is unclear if he shifted toward acceptance of brain death criteria. Brain death is a legal definition of death that emerged in the 1960s as a response to the ability to resuscitate individuals and mechanically keep the heart and lungs working The last 'responsa', printed after he had passed away, suggested it. On such matters, he consulted with various scientific experts, including his son-in-law Rabbi Dr. Moshe Dovid Tendler who is a professor of biology and serves as a rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University. Moshe David (Dovid Tendler is the Rabbi of The Community Synagogue of Monsey. Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles Yeshiva University is a private Jewish University in New York City whose first component was founded in 1886.

As a leader of American Orthodoxy, moreover, Rabbi Feinstein issued opinions that clearly distanced his community from Conservative Judaism and Reform. Conservative Judaism (also known as Masorti Judaism in Israel and Europe) is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently subjected to vandalism and the insertion of personal opinions [1] Nevertheless, he faced intense opposition within Orthodoxy on several controversial decisions, such as rulings on artificial insemination and eruv. AIH redirects here For the indie rock band abbreviated AIH see Architecture in Helsinki Artificial insemination (AI is the process by which This article discusses the eruv for carrying For other types of eruv see Eruv (disambiguation. Indeed, on the former, Rabbi Feinstein may be read as having reversed or seriously qualified his position. In the case of his position not to prohibit cigarette smoking, Orthodox rabbinic authorities overruled, in effect, his decision after his death. This article addresses the history of and Halakha ( Jewish legal-literature that applies to Tobacco and Cigarette smoking by He made noteworthy decisions on the following topics:

Note: Responsa in Igrot Moshe are cited in parentheses

Death

Rabbi Feinstein died on the 23 March 1986 (13th of Adar II, 5746 on the Hebrew calendar). Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg ( December 10 1915 - November 21 2006 was known as the Tzitz Eliezer after his monumental halachic Tobacco Smoking is the inhalation of smoke from burned dried or cured leaves of the Tobacco plant most often in the form of a Cigarette. Veal is the Meat of Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) It has been pointed out that the 5746th verse in the Torah reads, "And it came to pass after Moshe had finished writing down the words of this Torah in a book to the very end. " (Deuteronomy 31:24). Deuteronomy (Greek deuteronomion, Δευτερονόμιον "second law" is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible and of the Old Testament This is taken by some as a fitting epitaph for him.

Rabbi Feinstein's Grave
Rabbi Feinstein's Grave

At the time he was regarded as Orthodoxy's foremost rabbinic scholar and posek. Posek ( Hebrew פוסק po·ˈseq pl Poskim, פוסקים is the term in Jewish law for "decider"—a legal scholar who decides the His funeral in Israel was delayed by a day due to mechanical problems to the plane carrying his coffin, which had to return to New York. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. His funeral in Israel was said to be the largest among Jews since the Mishnaic era, with an estimated attendance of 300,000 people. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Mishnah or Mishna (he משנה "repetition" from the verb shanah he שנה or "to study and review" is a major work of Rabbinic Judaism Among the eulogizers in America were Rabbis Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman, David Lipschutz, Shraga Moshe Kalmanowitz, Nissan Alpert, Moshe David Tendler, Michel Barenbaum and Mordechai Tendler. Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman (1901-1987 was a prominent Talmudic scholar and Rabbi who founded and served as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Ner Israel in Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz (1906-1993 was a distinguished Rosh yeshiva in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary ( RIETS) for almost fifty years Moshe David (Dovid Tendler is the Rabbi of The Community Synagogue of Monsey. Rabbi Mordecai Tendler is the former rabbi of an Orthodox Jewish community which he founded in New Hempstead New York. The Satmar Rebbe and Rabbi Feinstein's son Rabbi Reuven also spoke.

In Israel, Rabbis Elazar Menachem Shach, Dovid Povarsky, Yitzchak Yaakov Weiss, Yehuda Tzadkah, Rabbi Feinstein's son Reuven and Rabbi Feinsteins's nephew Rabbi Michel Feinstein, all tearfully expressed grief over what they termed a massive loss to the generation. Elazar Menachem Man Shach (אלעזר מנחם מן שך (or Rav Leizer Shach, at times his name is written as Eliezer Schach in English publications ( January Dayan Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss, (1902-1989 also known as the Minchas Yitzchak, was a prominent Dayan, Halachic authority and Talmudic scholar Rabbi Reuven Feinstein is the Rosh Yeshiva of the residence hall of Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem, located in Staten Island New York

Rabbi Feinstein was held in such great esteem that Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, who was himself regarded as a Torah giant, Talmid Chacham and posek, refused to eulogize him, saying "Who am I to eulogize him? I studied his sefarim; I was his talmid (student). Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach ( July 20 1910 - February 20 1995) ( Hebrew: שלמה זלמן אוירבך) was a renowned Talmid Chacham ( Hebrew: תלמיד חכם, "wise student" pl Posek ( Hebrew פוסק po·ˈseq pl Poskim, פוסקים is the term in Jewish law for "decider"—a legal scholar who decides the Sefer in simple Hebrew is a word that means any kind of " Book " (plural s'farim. "

Rabbi Feinstein was buried on Har HaMenuchot in proximity to his teacher, Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer; his friend, Rabbi Aharon Kotler; his son-in-law Rabbi Moshe Shisgal and next to the Belzer Rebbe. Har HaMenuchot (הר המנוחות Mount of Respite, Ashkenazi pronunciation Har HaMenuchos) is a Cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel Isser Zalman Meltzer, (1870 - 1953 was a famous Lithuanian Orthodox Rabbi, Rosh yeshiva and Posek. Rabbi Aharon (or Ahroyn Aaron Aron Kotler (1891 - 1962 was a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Lithuania, and later the Belz is a Hasidic dynasty named for the town of Belz, a small town in Western Ukraine. Rebbe (רבי (pronounced in English which means master teacher or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew word Rabbi

Prominent students

A yeshiva student prays at the gravesite and tombstone of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein in Jerusalem.
A yeshiva student prays at the gravesite and tombstone of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein in Jerusalem. Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the

Rabbi Feinstein invested much time molding some of his select students to become leaders in Rabbinics and Halacha. Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law Those students, over the years, spent countless hours a day serving as apprentices to their great Rabbi. Most are considered authorities in many areas of practical Halacha and Rabbinic and Talmudic academics. Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law The Talmud ( Hebrew: he תַּלְמוּד is a record of Rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history Some of those students are:

Works

Rabbi Feinstein's greatest renown stemmed from a lifetime of responding to halachic queries posed by Jews in America and worldwide. Hershel Reichman (רב צבי יוסף רייכמאן is a and Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and Rosh yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Rabbi Mordecai Tendler is the former rabbi of an Orthodox Jewish community which he founded in New Hempstead New York. New Hempstead, formally known as Kakiat is a village in the Town of Ramapo Rockland County, New York, United States located north Moshe David (Dovid Tendler is the Rabbi of The Community Synagogue of Monsey. This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. He wrote about two thousand responsa on a huge range of issues that affect Jewish practice in the modern era. History of responsa in Judaism spans a period of 1700 years Responsa constitute a special class of Rabbinic literature, differing in form, Some responsa may be found in his Talmudic commentary (Dibros Moshe), some circulate informally, and 1,883 responsa were published in Igrot Moshe. Among Rabbi Feinstein's works:

Some of Rabbi Feinstein's early works, including a commentary on the Talmud Yerushalmi, were destroyed by the Soviet authorities. The Jerusalem Talmud or Talmud Yerushalmi (תַּלְמוּד יְרוּשָׁלְמִי often the Yerushalmi for short is a collection

References

  1. ^ For example, see Roth, Joel. The Halakhic Process: A Systematic Analysis, JTS: 1986, pp. 71ff. Robinson (2001).
  2. ^ Cohen, A. in JHCS
  3. ^ Halperin (2006)
  4. ^ See esp. Joseph (1995)
  5. ^ a b c d Feinstein & Tendler (1996)
  6. ^ Roth (1989), op. cit. on YD 139.
  7. ^ Joseph (1995)
  8. ^ Tzedakah and Tzedek: Halachic & Ethical Financial Requirements Pertaining to Charitable Organizations by Daniel Feldman [1]
  9. ^ Baruch Litvin, The Sanctity of the Synagogue, 1962
  10. ^ Tendler excerpt on Jlaw.com
  11. ^ See Negiah, section entitled "Shaking Hands in Halacha," for a discussion regarding Rav Moshe's opinion on this topic, both with regard to initiating a handshake and with regard to returning a handshake (i. Negiah (נגיעה literally " Touch," is the concept in Halacha that forbids or restricts physical contact with a member of the opposite sex (except for e. where the other party extends his/her hand first). For a translation of R' Moshe's three Teshuvos (responsa) on men shaking hands with women, see [2]
  12. ^ E. g. , see Sinclair, Daniel. Jewish Biomedical Law 2004
  13. ^ See RCA decision and, earlier, RCA Roundtable. (Statement by progressive Orthodox Rabbis Saul Berman, Reuven Bulka, Daniel Landes and Jeffrey Woolf. ) “Proposal on smoking” (unpublished) July 1991.

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Persondata
NAME Feinstein, Moshe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reb Moshe
SHORT DESCRIPTION Great Orthodox Jewish Rabbi of the 20th century
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Uzda, Belarus
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1986
PLACE OF DEATH New York, NY
Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The City of New York
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