Yehuda Krinsky

Yehuda Krinsky
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky outside 770 Eastern Parkway
Born	Chaim Yehuda Krinsky (1933-12-03) December 3, 1933 (age 83) Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation	Chabad administrator
Years active	1954 - 1992

Chaim Yehuda ("Yudel") Krinsky (born December 3, 1933, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an ordained rabbi and a member of Chabad-Lubavitch movement. He served in various positions of the movement's administrative staff since 1954, and as a personal secretary (along with Rabbi Yehuda Leib Groner & Rabbi Binyomin Klein).

In 1988, after the passing of his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, Schneerson named Krinsky sole executor of his will. Today, Krinsky is among the most influential figures within the Chabad movement.

Krinsky grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts and was educated at the Boston Latin School. At the age of 12, he was sent by his parents to study at the Central Lubavitch Yeshiva in Brooklyn, where he received his rabbinic ordination. He joined the Lubavitcher Rebbe's staff in 1952 as a driver.

In 1956 Krinsky was called upon by Rabbi Schneerson to join his personal staff, which was then headed by Rabbi Mordechai Aisik Hodokov. Krinsky's position included work on behalf of the Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. At that time, Schneerson also appointed Krinsky to direct the Lubavitch News Service. In this capacity, he was in charge of disseminating the Rebbe's talks around the world via satellite.

In 1972, Rabbi Schneerson appointed Krinsky to serve on the administrative boards of the movement's umbrella organization, Agudas Chasidei Chabad, and the educational arm, Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch.

In 1988, Rabbi Schneerson appointed Krinsky to serve as sole executor of his will.

In 1990, Rabbi Schneerson selected Krinsky to serve as the official secretary of the movement's three central organizations, Agudas Chasidei Chabad, Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, and Machneh Israel, the movement's social services arm.

Today, Krinsky is Chairman of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch and Machneh Israel, secretary of Agudas Chasidei Chabad, and director of the Kehot Publication Society. He has been active in helping build new schools and expanding the reach of the Chabad movement around the world.