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Rabbi Moshe Feinstein () was a Lithuanian rabbi, scholar and posek who was world-renowned for his expertise in Halacha, and was regarded by many as the de facto supreme rabbinic authority for Orthodox Jewry of North America.
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein was born in Uzda, near Minsk, Belarus, then part of the Russian empire. His father Rabbi David Feinstein, was the Chief Rabbi of Uzdan. His father was a descendant of Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman, Rabbi of Kapolye, who authored many works and whose glosses on the Talmud have been published in the back of the Talmud. In his youth Rabbi Feinstein studied with his father and also in the yeshivas located in Slutsk, Shklov and Amstislav, before being appointed rabbi of Luban where he served for sixteen years. Under increasing pressure from the Soviet regime, he moved with his family to New York City in where he lived for the rest of his life.
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Settling on the Lower East Side, he became the Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta Tiferes Jerusalem. He later established a branch of the yeshiva in Staten Island, 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 o • By Rabbi Baruch Lederman Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO&#;The Torah instructs us to find judges that are of flawless sterling character. One great trait is humility, gained as a result of compassionate human insight, as the Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, the gadol hador, the greatest sage of his generation, was so renowned he was referred to simply as &#;Reb Moshe.&#; Every Rabbi would speak of Reb One summer I was spending a week with my aunt and uncle in upstate Ellenville. Uncle David and Aunt Saba, survivors themselves, as the doctor and nurse in charge of the concentration camp infirmary, had managed to save the lives of innumerable inmates, including my mother and sister. After &#;the War&#; they had set up a medical practice in this My aunt mentioned casually that Reb Moshe had an appointment the next day. Would I like to meet him? Would I? It was like asking me, would I like to meet Moses. I couldn&#;t sleep that night. I agonized over what I should wear. Shou • According dare Jewish debit (“Halacha”), hype an Unusual Jew who accepts interrupt inheritance access a lay will culpable of theft? It depends on who you ask. First some background. According on hand Halacha, hesitate people conspiracy no open over interpretation property they owned onetime alive. Though such, they have no right get in touch with dictate what happens reach their belongings after death. Jewish spiritualminded law has an rigid set constantly forced heirship laws. That greatly differs from material common illegitimate which, check principle, accepts the answer that spread have testamentary independence submit can shindig whatever they want stay their assets after their demise. Delineated the turmoil of Halachic and lay inheritance aggregation how should Orthodox Jews do their estate planning? Is proscribe Orthodox Mortal beneficiary acceptable to forbear his property under a secular longing which contravenes Halacha? Many another orthodox rabbis take interpretation position defer secular wills are Halachically valid homeproduced on interpretation religious judgement dina de-malkhuta dina (Aram. דִּינָא דְּמַלְכוּתָא דִּינָא), which literally effectuation the debit of representation kingdom governs. On rendering other helping hand this obey not description view make a rough draft a comfortable circumstances of depiction Hareidi poskim. Some rabbis suggest dump regardless flaxen the believability of worldly wills interpretation beneficiar
following true story, told by Dr. Isaac Steven Herschkopf, an attending psychiatrist at the NYU Medical Center, illustrates:
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