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Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg

Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg

Also known as Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Ore

1910 CE2012 CE · Modern · Ostrów Mazowiecka

Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg (1910–2012) was a Polish-born rosh yeshiva and posek and one of the last Torah scholars trained in the great pre-war European yeshivas. He founded the Torah Ore yeshiva in Brooklyn and relocated it to Jerusalem's Kiryat Mattersdorf in 1965, where for decades he served as a widely-consulted authority on personal questions of Jewish law.

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Stop 1 of 61910–1919Born

Ostrów MazowieckaאוסטרובPoland

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Born in Ostrów Mazowiecka, Poland, in 1910.

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