Baruch Epstein
| Baruch Epstein | |
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| Rabbi | |
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| Position | Menahel |
| Synagogue | Ezras Torah |
| Yeshiva | Volozhin Yeshiva |
| Successor | Rav Henkin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1860 Bobruisk, Belarus |
| Died | 1941 Pinsk, Belarus |
| Nationality | Lithuanian |
| Parents | Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein |
| Profession | Bookkeeper |
Baruch Epstein or Baruch ha-Levi Epstein (1860–1941) (Hebrew: ברוך הלוי אפשטיין) was a Lithuanian rabbi, best known for his Torah Temimah commentary on the Torah. He was the son of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein, rabbi of Novarodok and author of the work Arukh HaShulkhan.
Epstein grew up in Novarodok, where his father was the communal rabbi, but moved to the city of Pinsk after his marriage (daughter of Rabbi Elazar Moshe Horowitz) and lived there until his death, apart from a period from 1923 to 1926, which he spent in the United States of America looking (unsuccessfully) for a rabbinic position. During this period he served as the first menahel (director) of Ezras Torah from around 1924 until he was succeeded by Rav Henkin around the year 1925.
Although Epstein was a bookkeeper by profession, he had been a student at the Volozhin Yeshiva under his uncle Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (who became his brother-in-law after being widowed and remarrying Epstein's sister). Epstein authored a number of popular and scholarly works which are still used widely.
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