Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky

Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky (; December 22, 1921 – March 26, 2003) also known as the Maharim, was the second Rebbe of the Dushinsky Hasidic dynasty of Jerusalem, Israel. He assumed the leadership of the Hasidut at the age of 28 upon the death of his father, Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, founder of the dynasty. He was also a member of the rabbinical court of the Edah HaChareidis for over 40 years, completing his tenure as the seventh chief rabbi and Grand Patriarch of Jerusalem for the Edah HaChareidis from 1996 to 2003. His father was over 50 years old at the time of his birth. Yisrael Moshe was born in Chust, Ukraine, shortly after his father began serving as Rav of that city. Yisroel Moshe attended Talmud Torah Shomrei Hachomos. On a day that the court adjudicated a get (divorce) or chalitza (ceremony allowing a childless widow to remarry), he would fast.

He was widely respected for his Torah knowledge, refined character, and caring personality. Dushinsky had ill health during his final years and underwent several surgeries. In February 2003 his health declined further and he was hospitalized. He was unable to attend the wedding of his grandson, son of Rabbi Mordechai Yehuda, on March 25; he died the next morning at 3:15 am in the presence of family and close students. This cemetery had been opened as a temporary burial ground during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and most of the graves had been moved to other, permanent cemeteries in the early 1950s. The grave of his father, who had died in 1948, had not been moved. Since the cemetery had long been closed to burials, Dushinsky paid a large amount to be buried next to his father.

At the funeral, it was announced that his son, Yosef Tzvi, would succeed him as Grand Rabbi and head of the Dushinsky yeshiva.

His Torah writings were published under the title Toras Maharim.

Rebbes of Dushinsky Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867–1948) Rabbi Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky (1921–2003), son of Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, son of Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky