About Shimshon Dovid Pincus
Lived 1944 – 2001 (aged 56–57). Shimshon Dovid Pincus was an Israeli rabbi.
Shimshon Dovid Pincus (; August 1944 – April 12, 2001) was an Israeli haredi (ultra-orthodox) rabbi of American origin who worked in Ofakim. Afterwards, he moved to Israel to learn in Brisk yeshiva under Berel Soloveitchik, the son of the Brisker Rav. He studied Kabbalah with Yaakov Moshe Hillel. After his marriage he lived in Bnei Brak and then in the Negev. At this time, he was the Mashgiach ruchani (dean) of the yeshiva in Ofakim. Afterwards, he became the rosh yeshiva in Yeruham. Pincus was Chief Rabbi of Ofakim for over twenty years.
Pincus and his wife, Chaya had 12 children. In 2001, at the age of 56, he was killed in a car accident, along with his wife and 18-year-old daughter, Miriam. They are buried in Jerusalem.
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American rabbi
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Shimshon Dovid Pincus was born in 1944 in United States.
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Shimshon Dovid Pincus died on 5 April 2001.
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Shimshon Dovid Pincus was a rabbi.
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Shimshon Dovid Pincus was Israeli.
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