Nesanel Hakohen Quinn (1910 – 7 February 2005) was a Haredi Jewish rabbi and educator. He was connected with

Yeshiva Torah Vodaas Yeshiva Torah Vodaas (or Yeshiva and Mesivta Torah Vodaath or Yeshiva Torah Vodaath or Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary ) is a ''yeshiva'' in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. History The yeshiva was conceived in 1917 and for ...

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, New York, for nearly 80 years, rising to ''menahel'' (director).

Biography

Quinn's parents, Zalman Pinchas and Devorah Miriam Quinn, were originally from

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, Latvia. After 10 years without children, they followed the advice of Rabbi

Sholom Dovber Schneersohn Sholom Dovber Schneersohn ( he, שלום דובער שניאורסאהן) was the fifth Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch chasidic movement. He is known as "the Rebbe Rashab" (for Reb Sholom Ber). His teachings represent the emerg ...

and emigrated to the United States. There they had five children. Mrs. Quinn lived to the age of 111. Quinn was a pupil at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas (the elementary school) and a student in the first class of

Mesivta ''Mesivta'' (also metivta; Aramaic: מתיבתא, "academy") is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva secondary school for boys. The term is commonly used in the United States to describe a yeshiva that emphasizes Talmudic studies for boys in grades ...

Torah Vodaath, founded by Rabbi

Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz (1886 – 7 September 1948) was a leader of American Orthodoxy and founder of key institutions such as Torah U'Mesorah, an outreach and educational organization. He is also known for having taken the reins in 1921 and b ...

in 1926. Rabbi Mendlowitz is said to have remarked to Rabbi

Elchonon Wasserman Elchonon Bunim Wasserman ( he, אלחנן בונים וסרמן; 18746 July 1941) was a prominent rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) in prewar Europe. He was one of the closest students of Yisrael Meir Kagan (the Chofetz Chaim) and a noted Talmid Chac ...

about Rabbi Quinn that "he is my greatest and closest ''talmid'' (student) in America". Rabbi Quinn also learned under Rabbi

Dovid Leibowitz Dovid Leibowitz (1887–1941) was a leading rabbi and disciple of prewar Europe's Slabodka yeshiva in Lithuania, who went on to found the Rabbinical Seminary of America, better known today as "Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen" or the ''"Cho ...

, Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Vodaath. When Rabbi Leibowitz left to start his own yeshiva,

Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim (also known as the Rabbinical Seminary of America) is an Orthodox Yeshiva in the United States, based in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York. It is primarily an American, Lithuanian-style Talmudic Yeshiva. The Yeshiva is ...

, Rabbi Nesanel Quinn was given charge of Torah Vodaath, along with Rabbi

Gedalia Schorr Gedalyahu HaLevi Schorr (27 November 1910 – 7 July 1979),http://www.tzemachdovid.org/gedolim/jo/tworld/rschorr.html also known as Gedalia Schorr, was a prominent rabbi and rosh yeshiva. He was regarded as the "first American Gadol" (Torah ...

. In 1965 Rabbi Quinn established, along with Rabbi

Zelik Epstein Zelik Epstein, also known as Zelig Epstein (full name Aharon Zelig Epstein) (July 10, 1914 – August 3, 2009), was a prominent Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah-Grodno, a private Talmudical institution in Kew Garde ...

, Camp Ohr Shraga, the successor to Rabbi Mendlowitz's Camp Mesivta, which was the home of many American Gedolim during the summer months. He died on 7 February 2005 (28

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5765) and was buried in the Monsey cemetery.

References

External links

Rabbi Quinn's grave
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quinn, Nesanel 1910 births 2005 deaths American Orthodox rabbis 20th-century American rabbis 21st-century American rabbis