Rabbi Yitzchok Scheiner (November 5, 1922 – January 31, 2021) was an Israeli–American rabbi who was the rosh yeshiva of the Kamenitz yeshiva of Jerusalem.[2][3][4]
Rabbi Yitzchok Scheiner | |
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| Title | Rosh yeshiva |
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| Born | May 11, 1922 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | January 31, 2021 (aged 98) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Alma mater | Yeshiva Torah Vodaas Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS)[1] |
| Yeshiva | Kamenitz yeshiva |
Early life and education edit
He was born in May 1922 in Pittsburgh to immigrants from Poland. He graduated Peabody High School in 1938. During the 1940s, he studied at Yeshiva College (Yeshivas Rabbenu Yitzchok Elchonon)[5] and at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas under Rabbi Shlomo Heiman.[1]
Career edit
During the 1960s, he taught at a Yeshiva in Montreux, Switzerland.
After the death of his father-in-law (who was the rosh yeshiva of the Kamenitz yeshiva in Jerusalem), Rabbi Scheiner headed the yeshiva alongside his brother-in-law. After the death of his brother-in-law in 1998, Rabbi Scheiner served as the central rosh yeshiva with his brother-in-law's son at his side. Rabbi Scheiner's two sons and his son-in-law also teach at the yeshiva.
In the 1990s, he became a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Degel HaTorah.
Personal life edit
Toward the end of the 1940s, he married a granddaughter of Rabbi Boruch Ber Leibowitz. His wife died in 2007. He lived in the Kerem Avraham neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Scheiner died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel on 31 January 2021 at the age of 98.[6][7] His death occurred just hours after that of Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik. An estimated 8,000 mourners attended Scheiner's Jerusalem burial.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b "BDE: HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Scheiner, Z'TL, Rosh Yeshivas Kaminetz, Is Niftar From COVID". No. January 31, 2021. The Yeshiva World.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Hamodia. Dec/19/12. p. C10.
- ^ שמחת נישואי נינת ראש ישיבת קמניץ ונכדת חבר הבד"ץ העדה החרדית. jdn.co.il (in Hebrew). Feb 2016. Retrieved Apr 20, 2016.
- ^ "BDE: HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Scheiner, Z'TL, Rosh Yeshivas Kaminetz, Is Niftar From COVID". January 31, 2021.
- ^ and was a talmid (student) of R'Moshe Aharon Poleyeff Gedalia Guttentag (February 3, 2021). "For this we were created". Mishpacha.
- ^ Hagaon Harav Yitzchak Scheiner, Zt”l, Rosh Yeshivas Kamenitz
- ^ Rabbi Yitzhok Scheiner, 98, dies of COVID during mass funeral of fellow top rabbi
- ^ TOI STAFF (31 January 2021). "For 2nd time in day, thousands attend funeral of rabbi, flouting lockdown rules". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
External links edit
- Nachman Seltzer, Rav Yitzchok Scheiner, Mesorah Publications, 2022.
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