World News – USA – Harav Dovid Feinstein, 91, AH

Harav Dovid Feinstein, son of famous posek Harav Moshe Feinstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta Tifereth Yerushalayim in New York, and considered by many to be the main halakhic authority in the United States, died on Friday 19 Cheshvan

Harav Dovid Feinstein, son of the famous possek Harav Moshe Feinstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta Tifereth Yerushalayim in New York, and considered by many to be the main halakhic authority in the United States, passed away on Friday 19 Cheshvan

Harav Feinstein was born to his parents, Harav Moshe and Shima Feinstein in the city of Lyuban in the Soviet Union (currently in Belarus) His parents named him David after Rav Moshe’s father, Rav Dovid, who was a famous Talmid Chacham and a descendant of Rabbi Avraham, the brother of Gaon de Vilna At the age of eight, the family immigrated to the United States and settled in Manhattan with their parents and lived there their entire lives.

In the USA, his father Harav Moshe Feinstein became Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta Tifereth Yerushalayim Over the years he gained a reputation as one of the most important halachic authorities of his generation

On his father’s death in 5746, Harav Dovid took over the Manhattan branch of the yeashiva, while his brother, Harav Reuven Feinstein, was the head of the Staten Island branch of Mesivta Tifereth Yerushalayim

Harav Dovid Feinstein was considered by many to be the main halachic authority in the United States, and was known to have his phone busy all hours of the day and night, with calls from all over the world to all areas of Halacha.

He was also a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of America, and wrote at least nine books on the law of Torah (Halacha), Torah and the subject of the Jewish calendar, in addition to the Haggadah

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