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- 1 2 "Rabbi Avraham Yoffen - The Director of the Novardok Yeshivot".
- ↑ meaning of Pinsk: born near Pinsk, studied a while in Pinsk
- ↑ "What Is Wisdom?". Torah.org. 31 March 2017.
rosh yeshiva of the Novardok Yeshiva in Bialystok, Poland; New York and Yerushalayim
- ↑ "Rabbi Nachman of Breslov z"tl".
..Avraham Yoffen, dean of the Bais Yosef yeshiva in Europe and America.
- ↑ Shmuel Himelstein (2003). Wisdom & Wit: A Sparkling Treasury of Jewish Anecdotes and Advice. ISBN 1578193869.
... they arrested R' Avraham Yoffen, ...
- ↑ "Letters from Rabbis". July 9, 2018.
Rabbi Avraham Yoffen Rosh Yeshiva of Novardok and rabbi of the 'Steipler'.
- ↑ Gelbach, Sharon (November 14, 2018). "Like His Own Children". Mishpacha (735). Retrieved February 16, 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
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