Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky
| Grand Rabbi Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky | |
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| Second Dushinsky Rebbe | |
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| Began | 1948 |
| Ended | 2003 |
| Predecessor | Grand Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky |
| Successor | Grand Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky |
| Other | Chief rabbi of the Edah HaChareidis |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky |
| Born | December 22, 1921 Chust, Ukraine |
| Died | March 26, 2003 (aged 81) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Yahrtzeit | 22 Adar II 5763 |
| Buried | Shaare Zedek Cemetery, Jerusalem |
| Residence | Jerusalem |
| Dynasty | Dushinsky |
| Parents | Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky Esther Neuhaus |
| Children |
Yosef Tzvi Mordechai Yehuda 2 daughters |
| Alma mater | Yeshiva Beis Yosef Tzvi |
Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky (Hebrew: ישראל משה דושינסקי) (December 22, 1921 – March 26, 2003) also known as the Maharim, was the second Rebbe of the Dushinsky Hasidic dynasty of Jerusalem, Israel. He assumed the leadership of the Hasidut at the age of 28 upon the death of his father, Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, founder of the dynasty. He was also a member of the rabbinical court of the Edah HaChareidis for over 40 years, completing his tenure as the seventh chief rabbi of the Edah HaChareidis from 1996 to 2003.
Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky was the only child of Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky and his second wife, Esther Neuhaus. His father was over 50 years old at the time of his birth. Yisrael Moshe was born in Chust, Ukraine, shortly after his father began serving as Rav of that city. He was named after his paternal grandfather, Yisroel, and his great uncle, Rabbi Moshe Schick (the Maharam Schick).
His father was very attached to him and brought him along when he visited Torah leaders of the era. During Adar 1932, the ten-year-old Yisroel Moshe accompanied his father on a visit to Mandatory Palestine, where they brought mishloach manot to the Jerusalem sage, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, who was on his deathbed. Sonnenfeld, who died a few days after this visit, blessed Yisroel Moshe with arichas yomim (long life).
The next year, Yisroel Moshe, his parents, and 25 of his father's studentsimmigrated to Mandatory Palestine, arriving in the port of Jaffa on the ship Italia on August 28, 1933. Yisroel Moshe attended Talmud Torah Shomrei Hachomos. After his bar mitzvah, he began studying at his father's yeshiva, Yeshiva Beis Yosef Tzvi, which the latter had established on Shmuel HaNavi Street in Jerusalem. He later studied for rabbinical ordination under Rabbi Hanoch Padwa and Rabbi Eliezer Brand.
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