Nachum Elieser Rabinovitch

Nachum Elieser Rabinovitch (* 1928 in Montreal , Canada ; † May 6, 2020 in Maʿale Adummim , Israel ) was a rabbi , Jewish scholar and Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshivat Birkat Mosque in Maale Adumim , Israel.

Life

Rabinovitch was born in Canada in 1928, the second son of Itamar and Sara Rabbinovitch, who immigrated from Russia shortly before the First World War. At the age of 14 he began studying the Talmud and Torah with Pinchas Hirschprung, who had fled the National Socialists to Canada during the Second World War. From Hirschprung he was also a rabbi ordained .

In 1948 Rabinovitch began studying in the Ner-Israel Yeshiva in Baltimore , USA with Izchak Roderman , who also awarded him the title of rabbi. At the same time he received a Masters Degree in Mathematics from Johns Hopkins University . In 1951 he married Rachel Malka Schachtovitz, who herself came from a rabbi family and was a niece of Rabbi Roderman.

In 1952, Rabinovitch was called to the rabbinical office of Charleston , South Carolina , and founded the city's first Jewish school there.

In 1963 he returned to Toronto as a community rabbi. At the University of Toronto he received his doctorate in mathematics and gave lectures there in addition to his rabbinical office. He also worked as an editor in the journal Hadarom published by the Rabbinical Council of America , in which he published articles and responses on halachic topics. Between 1971 and 1982 he was the rector of the Jews' College in London.

From 1982 he was the Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshivat Birkat Mosque in Maale Adumim. Rabinovitch died on May 6, 2020 at his apartment in Ma 92ale Adummim at the age of 92 .

Teaching and work

Rabinovitch was considered an expert on Maimonides and published scientific, theological and halachic works and commentaries on Maimonides' writings. His philosophical view was strongly shaped by Maimonides' logic and rationalism. She emphasized the connection between Halacha and philosophy, between Torah study and science, and between theoretical studies and practical applications in life. Rabinovitch dealt with questions on halachic topics, the State of Israel and Jewish philosophy. His students include Jonathan Sacks , Chief Rabbi of England, and Dror Fixler, physics lecturer at Bar Ilan University .

Publications

Hebrew

Yad Peshuta (יד פשוטה) Commentary on Maimonides' halachic work Mishne Torah
Melumdei Milchama (מלומדי מלחמה) - Responsa to halachic questions in the military
The way of the Torah (דרכה של תורה) - Halachic-philosophical current topics
Hadar Itamar (הדר איתמר) - Talmudic treatises
Insights into Maimonides' work (עיונים למשנתו של הרמב"ם)
Nachum's speech (שיח נחום) - encompassing responsa to halachic questions
Nachmanides' System for the Conquest of the Land of Israel (דעת הרמב"ן בכיבוש הארץ) - Tchumin, the Tzoment Institue, Vol. 4, pp. 302
Nachmanides 'and Maimonides' system of inheritance laws (שיטת הרמב"ן והרמב"ם במצות ירושת הארץ) - Tchumin, the Tzoment Institue, Vol. 5, pp. 180
Maimonides' System for the Holiness of the Land of Israel and the Temple (שיטת הרמב"ם בענין קדושת הארץ והמקדש) - Tchumin, the Tzoment Institue, Vol. 6, pp. 439
Scientific assessment as a basis for establishing the Halacha (הערכה מדעית כיסוד לפסיקת הלכה) - Tchumin, the Tzoment Institue, Vol. 8, pp. 435
All of Israel are mutual guarantors (כל ישראל ערבים זה בזה) - Tchumin, the Tzoment Institue, Vol. 11, pp. 41
Rabbi Gedalia Felder sel. (הרב גדליה פלדר) - Tchumin, the Tzoment Institue, Vol. 12, pp. 11
The use of "sticklight" on the Sabbath (השימוש במקלור (סטיקלייט) בשבת) - Tchumin, the Tzoment Institue, Vol. 13, pp. 142
Embryodilation (דילול עוברים) - Tchumin, the Tzoment Institue, Vol. 17, pp. 340
Pregnant and breastfeeding women on fasting days (עוברות ומניקות בתענית) - Tchumin, the Tzoment Institue, Vol. 17, pp. 343

English

Rabbi Hasdai Crescas (1340-1410) on Numerical Infinities - Isis, Vol. 61, No. 2 (Summer, 1970), pp. 224-230
Studies in the History of Probability and Statistics. XXII: Probability in the Talmud - Biometrika, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Aug., 1969), pp. 437-441
Torah and Science: Conflict or Complement - Challenge: Torah Views on Science and its Problems, Feldheim Publishers pp.44
Torah and the Spirit of Free Inquiry - Challenge: Torah Views on Science and its Problems, Feldheim Publishers pp. 54
The one and the many: Early stochastic reasoning in philosophy - Annals of Science, Volume 34, Issue 4 July 1977, pp. 331-344
Early antecedents of error theory - Archive for History of Exact Sciences, Volume 13, Number 4 / December, 1974 pp. 348-358
Halachah and Technology - Proceedings of the Associations of Orthodox Jewish Scientists 2 (1969) pp. 129-149
All Jews Are Responsible for One Another - Jewish Tradition and the Nontraditional Jew. Ed. Jacob J. Schacter. Northvale, NJ .: Aronson, 1992 pp. 177-204
Probability and statistical interference in ancient and medieval Jewish literature - University of Toronto Press, 1973

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/religious-secular-in-israel-israel/rosh-yeshiva-advocate-of-giyur-khalacha-yoatzot-h
↑ ברוך דיין האמת: הרב נחום רבינוביץ ', ראש ישיבת מעלה אדומים, הלך לעולמו. May 6, 2020, Retrieved May 6, 2020 (Hebrew).

personal data
SURNAME	Rabinovitch, Nachum Eliezer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Israeli rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH	1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Montreal
DATE OF DEATH	May 6, 2020
Place of death	Maʿale Adummim , Israel

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[2] ברוך דיין האמת: הרב נחום רבינוביץ ', ראש ישיבת מעלה אדומים, הלך לעולמו. May 6, 2020, Retrieved May 6, 2020 (Hebrew).