Binyamin Kamenetsky
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Binyamin Kamenetsky (July 17, 1923 – April 28, 2017)[1] was an American rabbi who was the founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva of South Shore.
Kamenetsky was born in Tytuvėnai, Lithuania, where his father served as rabbi.[2] His parents were Yaakov Kamenetsky and Itta Ettil Heller, and he was one of their four sons; he had two sisters.[3] Although his education began locally in the Telshe Yeshiva, he attended Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim in the United States under the tutelage of Dovid Lebowitz and Yeshivas Ner Yisroel.[4]
His first teaching job was at Yeshiva Toras Chaim in East New York in the 1940s.[5][6] In 1956, he founded the Yeshiva of South Shore, which was the first yeshiva on Long Island.[7] Seven years later, the yeshiva merged with Yeshiva Toras Chaim.[7] He also founded other institutions in the Five Towns, including Torah Academy for Girls (TAG), located on Long Island.[8][5] For several years, he served as the Rav of a minyan that would become the Young Israel of Woodmere, one of the largest Young Israel shuls in the country.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ "Biography". Sefer Ḥelḳat Binyamin.
- ↑ "Remembering Rav Binyamin Kamenetzky zt"l Upon His Yahrtzeit". Yated. April 11, 2018.
- ↑ "Rabbi Jacob Kamenetzky, 95, Expert on Law of the Talmud". New York Times. March 12, 1986.
- ↑ "Harav Binyomin Kamenetzky, Zt"l - Hamodia Jewish Community News". Hamodia. April 29, 2017. Archived from the original on May 4, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2026.
- 1 2 "Harav Binyomin Kamenetzky, ZT"L". Hamodia. April 29, 2017.
- ↑ "Rav Binyamin Kamenetsky". The Jewish Press. May 3, 2017.
- 1 2 Jeff Bessen (November 14, 2019). "Lighting the way at Yeshiva of South Shore". Long Island Herald.
- ↑ "Rabbi Binyamin Kamenetzky accepting visitors". The Jewish Star. January 6, 2010.
Further reading
- Sefer Ḥelḳat Binyamin (Hebrew). New York : The Rabbi Binyamin Kamenetzky Torah Legacy Foundation, 2021. 2 volumes of sermons publish posthumously, and includes a biography at the end of Volume 2.
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