Rabbi David Fink | |
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Personal | |
Religion | Judaism |
Occupation | Rabbi |
Position | Rabbi and decisor of Jewish law |
Yeshiva | Various |
Residence | Jerusalem, Israel |
David (sometimes: Dovid) Fink is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and expert in halacha and Jewish medical ethics.
Fink lived in the United States before making aliyah to Israel. Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from Yeshivas Itri and the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem, and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Fink has been actively teaching for more than two decades and is a well-known and an authoritative posek in Jerusalem. [1] [2]
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Fink has been part of the faculty or taught at the following yeshivot in the United States and Israel:
Fink is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Medical Ethics and Halacha published by the Dr. Falk Schlesinger Institute for Medical-Halachic Research at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem. [1]
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