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Pesach Pruskin, the Glossary

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Rabbi Pesach Pruskin was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva in White Russia before World War II, most notably in Kobrin.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 25 relations: Antopal, Bais Yaakov, Belarus, Geni.com, Hamodia, Kelm Talmud Torah, Kobryn, Maimonides, Mashgiach ruchani, Mir Yeshiva (Belarus), Moshe Feinstein, Mstsislaw, Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Slabodka), Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), Orthodox Judaism, Posek, Radin Yeshiva, Rosh yeshiva, Shklow, Slutsk-Kletsk Yeshiva, Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast, The Guide for the Perplexed, The Holocaust, Yeshiva, Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael (Slabodka).

  2. Belarusian Orthodox rabbis
  3. Mashgiach ruchani
  4. People from Kobryn
  5. Slabodka yeshiva alumni

Antopal

Antopal or Antopol (Антопаль; Антополь; Antipolie; Antopol; אנטופול) is an urban-type settlement in Drahichyn District, Brest Region, Belarus.

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Bais Yaakov

Bais Yaakov (בית יעקב also Beis Yaakov, Beit Yaakov, Beth Jacob or Beys Yankev; lit., House Jacob) is a genericized name for full-time Haredi Jewish elementary and secondary schools for girls throughout the world.

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Belarus

Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.

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Geni.com

Geni is an American commercial genealogy and social networking website, founded in 2006, and owned by MyHeritage, an Israeli private company, since November 2012.

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Hamodia

Hamodia (המודיע – "the Informer") is a Hebrew-language daily newspaper published in Jerusalem.

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Kelm Talmud Torah

The Kelm Talmud Torah was a famous yeshiva in pre-holocaust Kelmė, Lithuania.

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Kobryn

Kobryn or Kobrin (Кобрын; Кобрин; Kobryń; Kobrynas; Кобринь; קאָברין) is a town in Brest Region, Belarus.

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Maimonides

Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (רמב״ם), was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.

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Mashgiach ruchani

A mashgiach ruchani (משגיח רוחני; pl., mashgichim ruchani'im), sometimes mashgiach for short, is a spiritual supervisor or guide.

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Mir Yeshiva (Belarus)

The Mir Yeshiva (ישיבת מיר, Yeshivat Mir), commonly known as the Mirrer Yeshiva (‏מירער ישיבה) or The Mir, was a Lithuanian yeshiva located in the town of Mir, Russian Empire (now Belarus).

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Moshe Feinstein

Moshe Feinstein (משה פײַנשטיין; Lithuanian pronunciation: Moshe Faynshteyn; Moses Feinstein; March 3, 1895 – March 23, 1986) was a Russian-born American Orthodox Jewish rabbi, scholar, and posek (authority on halakha—Jewish law).

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Mstsislaw

Mstislaw or Mstislavl (Mscislaŭ,; Мстиславль,; Mścisław, Mstislavlis) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus.

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Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Slabodka)

Nosson Tzvi Finkel (נתן צבי פינקל, Sephardic/Israeli: Natan Tzvi; Nota Hirsch; 1849–1927) was an influential Lithuanian Jewish leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe and founder of the Slabodka yeshiva, in the town of Sloboda Vilyampolskaya (now Vilijampolė, a suburb of Kaunas). Pesach Pruskin and Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Slabodka) are mashgiach ruchani.

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Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)

The occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II (1939–1945) began with the Invasion of Poland in September 1939, and it was formally concluded with the defeat of Germany by the Allies in May 1945.

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Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism.

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Posek

In Jewish law, a posek (פוסק, pl. poskim) is a legal scholar who determines the application of halakha, the Jewish religious laws derived from the written and Oral Torah, in cases of Jewish law where previous authorities are inconclusive, or in those situations where no clear halakhic precedent exists.

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Radin Yeshiva

The Radin Yeshiva, originally located in Radun, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Belarus), was established by Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan (known as the Chofetz Chaim after the title of his well-known sefer) in 1869.

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Rosh yeshiva

Rosh yeshiva (ראש ישיבה, pl. ראשי ישיבה,; Anglicized pl. rosh yeshivas) is the title given to the dean of a yeshiva, a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and the Torah, and halakha (Jewish law). Pesach Pruskin and rosh yeshiva are rosh yeshivas.

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Shklow

Shklow (Škloŭ,; Shklov; Shklov; Šklovas; Szkłów) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus, located north of Mogilev on the Dnieper River.

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Slutsk-Kletsk Yeshiva

Mesivta Rabsa Eitz Chaim DiSlutsk (מתיבתא רבתא עץ חיים דסלאצק), colloquially known as the Slutsk-Kletsk Yeshivah was an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva in Europe, founded in Slutsk, then part of the Russian Empire, and later moved to Kletsk in the Second Polish Republic, in 1897.

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Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast

Smolensky District (Смоле́нский райо́н) is an administrativeResolution #261 and municipalLaw #135-z district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia.

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The Guide for the Perplexed

The Guide for the Perplexed (Dalālat al-ḥā'irīn, דלאלת אלחאירין; Moreh HaNevukhim) is a work of Jewish theology by Maimonides.

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The Holocaust

The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.

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Yeshiva

A yeshiva or jeshibah (ישיבה||sitting; pl. ישיבות, or) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are studied in parallel.

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Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael (Slabodka)

Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael was a yeshiva located in the town of Sloboda Vilyampolskaya in the Kovno Governorate of Russian Empire (now Vilijampolė in Kaunas, Lithuania).

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See also

Belarusian Orthodox rabbis

Mashgiach ruchani

People from Kobryn

Slabodka yeshiva alumni

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesach_Pruskin