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| Rabbi '''Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss''', (]-]), also known as the '''Minchas Yitzchak''', was a prominent ], ] authority and ]ic scholar. He was considered an expert on Jewish religious law. | Rabbi '''Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss''', (]-]), also known as the '''Minchas Yitzchak''', was a prominent ], ] authority and ]ic scholar. He was considered an expert on Jewish religious law. | ||
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| He received ] from the ] Rebbe, Rabbi ], the famed author of the ''Minchas Elazar''. Soon after, he also received semicha from Rabbi Meir Arik of Tarna. He also became close to Rabbi Shimon Greenfield. | He received ] from the ] Rebbe, Rabbi ], the famed author of the ''Minchas Elazar''. Soon after, he also received semicha from Rabbi Meir Arik of Tarna. He also became close to Rabbi Shimon Greenfield. | ||
| Rabbi Weiss served as the ] in ], ], before ]. When Grosswardein was ceded to Hungary as a result of the ], he fled to Romania in ], where his wife died after contracting an illness. He returned to Grosswardein after the war. | |||
| Around ], Rabbi Weiss emigrated to ], ], where he was soon appointed ] and Av Beth Din until 1970. He then joined the ] in ], and became its head in ] with the death of Rabbi ], the ] ]. | |||
| ⚫ | In a special section therein entitled ''Pirsumei Nissa'' ("publicising of the miracle") Rabbi Weiss recorded the harrowing ordeals that he experienced in the Second World War, and his miraculous survival. | ||
| ⚫ | He authored an important set of ], entitled ''Minchas Yitzchak'', discussing many contemporary technological, social, and economic issues. In a special section therein entitled ''Pirsumei Nissa'' ("publicising of the miracle") Rabbi Weiss recorded the harrowing ordeals that he experienced in the Second World War, and his miraculous survival. | ||
| Rabbi Weiss died aged 88 in 1989 of a heart attack, at Bikur Cholim hospital. An estimated 30,000 people turned out for his funeral. He was survived by a son, Berish, of Manchester. | Rabbi Weiss died aged 88 in 1989 of a heart attack, at Bikur Cholim hospital. An estimated 30,000 people turned out for his funeral. He was survived by a son, Berish, of Manchester. | ||
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Rabbi Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss, (1902-1989), also known as the Minchas Yitzchak, was a prominent Dayan, Halachic authority and Talmudic scholar. He was considered an expert on Jewish religious law.
He was born in the town of Dolina in Galicia. He had frequent encounters with the Ziditchover Rebbe, Rabbi Yehuda Zvi Eichenstein, until the age of seven when the latter died. However, with the onset of World War I in 1914, he moved with his parents to Munkatch in Hungary, where his father had lived before marrying.
He received Semicha from the Munkatcher Rebbe, Rabbi Chaim Elazar Shapiro, the famed author of the Minchas Elazar. Soon after, he also received semicha from Rabbi Meir Arik of Tarna. He also became close to Rabbi Shimon Greenfield.
Rabbi Weiss served as the Av Beth Din in Grosswardein, Romania, before World War II. When Grosswardein was ceded to Hungary as a result of the Vienna Awards, he fled to Romania in 1944, where his wife died after contracting an illness. He returned to Grosswardein after the war.
Around 1949, Rabbi Weiss emigrated to Manchester, England, where he was soon appointed Dayan and Av Beth Din until 1970. He then joined the Edah Charedis in Jerusalem, and became its head in 1979 with the death of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe.
He authored an important set of responsa, entitled Minchas Yitzchak, discussing many contemporary technological, social, and economic issues. In a special section therein entitled Pirsumei Nissa ("publicising of the miracle") Rabbi Weiss recorded the harrowing ordeals that he experienced in the Second World War, and his miraculous survival.
Rabbi Weiss died aged 88 in 1989 of a heart attack, at Bikur Cholim hospital. An estimated 30,000 people turned out for his funeral. He was survived by a son, Berish, of Manchester.
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