About Chaim Stein
Lived 1913 – 2011 (aged 97–98). Chaim Stein was a rosh yeshiva and rabbi.
Chaim Yaakov Stein (March 29, 1913 - June 29, 2011) is best known for leading the Telshe Yeshiva at two times in its history: Cleveland and Wickliffe.
Biography Stein was born to Binyamin Moshe and Miriam Stein in the Lithuanian hamlet of Skudvil, where he received his rabbinical ordination from a major Jewish school located in the area, Telshe Yeshiva.
During World War II he spent time in labor camps in Siberia.
He later became a Rosh Yeshiva (dean) in Wickliffe, Ohio.
He and his wife, the former Friedel Zaks, had five children:
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Who was Chaim Stein?
American rabbi and Talmudic scholar
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Chaim Stein was born in 1913.
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Chaim Stein died in 2011.
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Chaim Stein was a rosh yeshiva and rabbi.
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