Harav Dovid Feinstein, 91, AH

Harav Dovid Feinstein, son of renowned posek Harav Moshe Feinstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta Tifereth Yerushalayim in New York, andconsidered by many as the leading halachic authority in the United States, passed on away of Friday, 19 Cheshvan.

By Anash.org reporter

Harav Dovid Feinstein, son of renowned possek Harav Moshe Feinstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta Tifereth Yerushalayim in New York, and considered by many as the leading halachic authority in the United States, passed on away of Friday, 19 Cheshvan.

He was 91 years old.

Harav Feinstein was born to his parents, Harav Moshe and Shima Feinstein in the city of Lyuban in the Soviet Union (currently Belarus). His parents called him David after Rav Moshe’s father, Rav Dovid, who was a renowned Talmid Chacham and a descendant of Rabbi Avraham, the brother of the Gaon of Vilna. At the age of eight the family immigrated to USA and settled in Manhattan with his parents and lived there for the rest of his life.

In USA, his father Harav Moshe Feinstein became Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta Tifereth Yerushalayim. Over the years, he gained the reputation as one of the foremost Halachic authorities of his generation.

Upon his father’s passing in 5746, Harav Dovid took over the Manhattan branch of the yeashiva, while his brother, Harav Reuven Feinstein, stood at the helm of the Staten Island branch of Mesivta Tifereth Yerushalayim.

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

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