Sholom Reuven Feinstein ( he, שלום ראובן פיינשטיין) (born August 1937) is an

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and

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of the

Yeshiva of Staten Island Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem ( he, מתיבתא תפארת ירושלים, ) (MTJ) is a yeshiva in New York City, and one of the oldest existent yeshivas in the city. It is the institution formerly led by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, and then led by hi ...

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. He is the youngest son of Rabbi

Moshe Feinstein Moshe Feinstein ( he, משה פײַנשטיין; Lithuanian pronunciation: ''Moshe Faynshteyn''; en, Moses Feinstein; March 3, 1895 – March 23, 1986) was an American Orthodox rabbi, scholar, and ''posek'' (authority on ''halakha''—Je ...

, the leading posek of post-war America.

Biography

Rabbi Reuven Feinstein is the youngest of the four children of Rabbi Moshe and Shima (Sima) Feinstein and the only one to be born in America. His older siblings — Faye Gittel (deceased), Shifra (deceased), and

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(deceased) were all born in Lyuban, Russia (now part of Belarus), where Rabbi Moshe was the city's Rav until 1937. Feinstein joined his father in establishing the Yeshiva of Staten Island in 1966. He has served as ''Rosh Yeshiva'' (head of school) of the yeshiva ever since. As did his late brother

Dovid Feinstein Rabbi Dovid Feinstein ( he, דוד פיינשטיין; 1929 – November 6, 2020) was a Torah scholar and ''halachic'' authority, considered by many as the leading halachic authority in the United States in the 21st century. He served as the ...

, he upholds their late father's stance against an ''eruv'' for Manhattan.

Personal life

His wife, Shelia (''Chava Sara'') died on August 8, 2018 after suffering severe injuries in a motor vehicle accident. They both were in the car, and the incident "from she was originally expected to recover, occurred on July 24." They married "in the early 1960s." She had been a public school teacher, then a public school principal, and later on English principal of a girl's yeshiva. Her survivors included their children, and "grandchildren and great-grandchildren."

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