Av beis din in Teveria.
read moreBio from Wikipedia: Nahum Eliezer Rabinovitch (Hebrew: נַחוּם אֱלִיעֶזֶר רָבִּינוֹבִיץּ׳; 30 April 1928 – 6 May 2020), born Norman Louis Rabinovitch,was a Canadian-Israeli Religious Zionist rabbi and posek. He headed the London School of Jewish Studies from 1971 to 1982, and the hesder yeshiva Birkat Moshe in Ma’ale Adumim from 1982 until his death. Early life and education Nahum Rabinovitch was born in Montreal, Quebec to Sarah (née Weiner) and Sam Rabinovitch. After…
read moreTo quote from Ben’s Tallit Shop: “Why don’t more Ashkenazim tie techelet according to the Tosafos? One reason might be found in a responsa written by HaRav Moshe Mordechai Carp in 5772, where he notes that you cannot use a techelet string in place of white, therefore if halacha is not like the Tosafot, you…
read moreIn Bnei Brak. A well-known Yemenite Posek who heads the Yoreh Deah kashrut agency.
read moreRav, Zichron Yaakov of Lakewood. He wore Tosafos with the Chinuch pattern, tied for him by R’ Yisroel Barkin, a nephew of R’ Belsky.
read moreR’ Rappaport was one of the people that started the whole process going. Without him it’s hard to say if the rest would be wearing Techeiles today.
read moreR’ Moshe David Tendler is the son-in-law of R’ Moshe Feinstein ZT”L, professor of biology/rosh yeshiva at YU, and medical expert. He is someone who goes “against the grain” in medical opinion (such as using a tube for Metzitzah b’Peh), and is one Rabbi who has visited the Temple Mount multiple times in the past.…
read moreRabbi Hershel Schachter is Rosh Hayeshiva of YU, one of the poskim of the Orthodox Union regarding Kashrus, and a former talmid of R’ Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (The Rav). He pre-ordered a set for as soon Ptil Tekhelet was in production. R’ Schachter has tweaked his tzitzis numerous times. At the time of this post,…
read moreA Dayan. From his Wikipedia page: “הרב שלמה דיכובסקי (נולד ב-15 בדצמבר 1938) הוא רב ודיין ישראלי חרדי, חבר בית הדין הרבני הגדול עד לפרישתו, שלאחריה שימש כמנהל בתי הדין. נחשב לליברלי באופן יחסי, ובקיא בתחומים כלליים – בעיקר במשפטים.” From Forward: “Greenspan said that Rav Shlomo Dichovsky of the Beit Din Hagadol, Jerusalem’s Chief Rabbinate, also dons the dyed fringes.”
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