About Yechiel Michel Feinstein
Lived 1906 – 2003 (aged 96). Yechiel Michel Feinstein was an Israeli rabbi and talmudist.
Yechiel Michel Feinstein (; 27 June 1906 – 17 May 2003) was a haredi (ultra-orthodox Jewish) rabbi and rosh yeshiva (seminary dean) in Israel and the United States.
Biography Feinstein, the son of Avrohom Yitzchok Feinstein, was born in Uzda, Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire. His father died when he was seven and he went to live with his grandfather, Dovid Feinstein, the rabbi of Starobin, Belarus. His uncle was Moshe Feinstein. to study under Isser Zalman Meltzer.
In 1973 after the death of one of his daughters Feinstein moved to Bnei Brak.
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Lithuanian rabbi (1906-2003)
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Yechiel Michel Feinstein was born on 27 June 1906 in Uzda.
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Yechiel Michel Feinstein died on 17 May 2003 in Bnei Brak.
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Yechiel Michel Feinstein was a rabbi and talmudist.
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Yechiel Michel Feinstein was Israeli.
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