Belsky, Yisroel, 1938-2016

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Name (Hebrew)
בעלסקי, חיים ישראל, 1938-2016
Name (Latin)
Belsky, Yisroel, 1938-2016
Other forms of name
Belsḳi, Yiśraʼel, 1938-2016
Belsḳi, Ḥayim Yiśraʼel, ha-Leṿi, 1938-2016
Belsky, Chaim Yisroel, 1938-2016
Belsky, Chaim Yisroel Halevi, 1938-2016
בעלסקי, ישראל, 1938-2016
בלסקי, חיים ישראל, 1938-2016
בלסקי, ישראל, 1938-2016
Date of birth
1938-09-22
Date of death
2016-01-28
Place of birth
Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
Place of death
New York (N.Y.)
Field of activity
Jewish law Responsa Kosher food industry Judaism and science Jews, Russian--United States Jews--Former Soviet republics
Associate group
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
Yeshivat Torah ṿa-daʻat ṿeha-Metivta
Camp Agudah (Ferndale, N.Y.)
Ṿaʻad le-hatsalat nidḥe Yiśraʼel
Ṿaʻad le-hatsalat nidḥe Yiśraʼel (2012)
Occupation
Rabbis
Associated Language
eng heb
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
נפטר יח בשבט תשע"ו (28.01.16).
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 31945835
Wikidata: Q8053862
Library of congress: nr2004011819
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Wikipedia description:

Chaim Yisroel HaLevi Belsky (August 22, 1938 – January 28, 2016) was an American rabbi and posek of Orthodox and Haredi Judaism. He was one of the roshei yeshiva (deans) at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, and rabbi of the summer camp network run by Agudath Israel of America. Belsky served for more than 28 years as a senior kashrut advisor to the Orthodox Union (OU).

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