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'''Rabbi Chaim Yisroel Belsky''' is a prominent [[rabbi]] in the [[United States]] and a world recognized [[posek]], who has served with the [[Orthodox Union]] since 1987. He resides in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]. He is one of the lead [[rosh yeshiva|roshei yeshiva]] in [[Yeshiva Torah Vodaas]]. He also serves as the rabbi of [[Camp Agudah]], since the passing of the camp's former rabbi in 1967. Rav |
'''Rabbi Chaim Yisroel Belsky''' is a prominent [[rabbi]] in the [[United States]] and a world recognized [[posek]], who has served with the [[Orthodox Union]] since 1987. He resides in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]. He is one of the lead [[rosh yeshiva|roshei yeshiva]] in [[Yeshiva Torah Vodaas]]. He also serves as the rabbi of [[Camp Agudah]], since the passing of the camp's former rabbi in 1967. Rav Belsky's first [[Kashrut|kashrus]] position was with the [[Kof-K]]. |
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He is the son of Rabbi Berel and Chana Tzirel Belsky. His maternal grandfather is [[Binyomin Wilhelm]], the founder of Yeshiva Torah |
He is the son of Rabbi Berel and Chana Tzirel Belsky. His maternal grandfather is [[Binyomin Wilhelm]], the founder of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath. |
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Rabbi Belsky received his [[semicha]] from Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, in Brooklyn, NY in 1962, and from Rabbi [[Moshe Feinstein]] in 1965. He also studied in [[Beth Medrash Elyon]] for a number of years, having been one of its most prominent students.<ref> http://torahlectures.com/s-14.aspx </ref> Rav Belsky considers himself a student of Rabbi [[Yaakov Kamenetsky]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}} |
Rabbi Belsky received his [[semicha]] from Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, in Brooklyn, NY in 1962, and from Rabbi [[Moshe Feinstein]] in 1965. He also studied in [[Beth Medrash Elyon]] for a number of years, having been one of its most prominent students.<ref> http://torahlectures.com/s-14.aspx </ref> Rav Belsky considers himself a student of Rabbi [[Yaakov Kamenetsky]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}} |
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Revision as of 19:36, 2 September 2012
Rabbi Chaim Yisroel Belsky is a prominent rabbi in the United States and a world recognized posek, who has served with the Orthodox Union since 1987. He resides in Brooklyn, New York. He is one of the lead roshei yeshiva in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas. He also serves as the rabbi of Camp Agudah, since the passing of the camp's former rabbi in 1967. Rav Belsky's first kashrus position was with the Kof-K. He is the son of Rabbi Berel and Chana Tzirel Belsky. His maternal grandfather is Binyomin Wilhelm, the founder of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath.
Rabbi Belsky received his semicha from Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, in Brooklyn, NY in 1962, and from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein in 1965. He also studied in Beth Medrash Elyon for a number of years, having been one of its most prominent students.[1] Rav Belsky considers himself a student of Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky.[citation needed]
According to the New York Times, he is a "prominent and influential Orthodox rabbi in Brooklyn",[2] and he is one of "the chief experts for the Orthodox Union, which certifies more than 600,000 products as kosher."[3]
Works
- Piske halakhot (Brooklyn 2002) - responsa
- Einei Yisroel on Chumash (currently Bereishis, Shemos, and Devarim) (Kiryat Sefer 2005, 2006, 2008 respectively) - Lectures edited and adapted by Moshe Armel and Reuven Mathieson
- Sha'alos U'Teshuvos Shulchan Halevi, questions and answers on a wide variety of topics, (Kiryat Sefer 2008)
- Rabbi Belsky also answers moral questions on a series called "Honesty" found on Torah.org.
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