Yeshivas Kaminetz (Jerusalem)

The Rechnitz building of the yeshiva in Jerusalem, donated by Shlomo Rechnitz.

For the pre-World War II yeshiva in Europe, see Yeshivas Knesses Beis Yitzchak-Kaminetz;
for the one in Brooklyn (pre-K thru high school) see Yeshiva Toras Emes Kaminetz

Yeshivas Kaminetz ^{[1] [2]} (also known as Kaminetz Yeshiva) ^{[3] [4]} was founded 1945 in Jerusalem by a son and son-in-law of Boruch Ber Leibowitz as is a transplant of Yeshivas Knesses Beis Yitzchak-Kaminetz.

History

Leibowitz was appointed head of Knesses Beis Yitzchak in 1904. During and after World War I it relocated more than once, including to Kaminetz in 1926. Leibowitz headed this yeshiva until his death in 1939. The yeshiva's students dispersed in four groups during World War II. Leibowitz's son-in-law Rabbi Moshe Bernstein, ^[5] along with his brother-in-law Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Leibowitz, reestablished the school in Jerusalem in 1945. ^[6] When Rabbi Elyah Lopian immigrated to Israel in 1950, he was appointed as the Mashgiach Ruchani of the yeshiva. ^[7]

Yitzchok Scheiner, grandson-in-law to Boruch Ber, ^{[5] [8]} was succeeded Rabbi Leibowitz as Rosh Yeshuva until his own death in 2021. ^[1]

References

1. "Rabbi Yitzchok Scheiner, zt"l". The Jewish Press . February 3, 2021.
2. Rabbi Manis Mandel. Artscroll. August 24, 2016. ISBN   978-1-4226-1776-2. Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Kaminetz in Jerusalem
3. "Two Great Leaders". The Jewish Press . February 2, 2021.
4. "Tens Of Thousands Celebrate Historic Siyum HaShas". The Jewish Press . August 8, 2012.
5. "Hagaon Harav Yitzchak Scheiner, ZT"L, Rosh Yeshivas Kamenitz". Hamodia . January 31, 2021.
6. Gedalia Guttentag (February 3, 2021). "For this we were created". Mishpacha .
7. Tenuat ahdut Yisrael, Herut, 6 January 1952.
8. his wife, Esther Leah, who died in 2007, was Bernsteins's daughter and a granddaughter of Boruch Ber Leibowitz