Rabbi Pesach Pruskin | |
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| Born | 1879 Koshchino, Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast |
| Died | October 24, 1939 |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Spouse | Tziporah Pruskin (née Lipschutz) |
| Children | R' Avraham Rivka Zukovsky R' Nosson Nota R' Yehuda Leib |
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| Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
| Alma mater | Slabodka Yeshiva Slutsk Yeshiva |
| Occupation | Rabbi, Rosh yeshiva |
| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Kobrin |
| Began | 1923 |
| Ended | 1939 |
| Other | Mashgiach at Slutsk Yeshiva Rosh in Shklov/Amtsislav |
| Yahrtzeit | 11 Cheshvan 5700 |
| Residence | Kobryn |
Rabbi Pesach Pruskin was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva in White Russia before World War II, most notably in Kobrin. He was known as one of the most brilliant Torah scholars of his time.[1]
- ^ Finkelman, Rabbi Shimon; Scherman, Rabbi Nosson (December 1986). "Origins of Greatness". Reb Moshe: The Life and Ideals of HaGaon Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (First ed.). Mesorah Publications, Ltd. p. 31. ISBN 0-89906-480-9.
As time went on, he amassed a vast amount of knowledge and, combining this with diligence and his newly acquired sharpness of mind, Reb Pesach went on to become one of the foremost gaonim of his day.