Yisroel Belsky

Yisroel Belsky

Yisroel Belsky is a rabbi in the United States who has served with the Orthodox Union since 1987. He resides in Brooklyn, New York. He is one of several roshei yeshivas in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas. He also serves as the rabbi of Camp Agudah.

He is the son of Rabbi Berel and Chana Belsky. His maternal grandfather is Binyomin Wilhelm, the founder of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas.

Rabbi Belsky received his semicha from Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in 1962, and from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein in 1965. He also studied in Beth Medrash Elyon for a number of years.

Works

*"Piske halakhot" (Brooklyn 2002) - responsa
*"Einei Yisroel on Chumash (currently Bereishis and Shemos)" (Kiryat Sefer 2005) - adapted from the lectures by Moshe Armel and Reuven Mathieson
*"Sha'alos U'Teshuvos Shulchan Halevi", on a wide variety of topics, is in the final stages of publication
*Rabbi Belsky also answers moral questions on a series called "Honesty" found on [http://www.torah.org Torah.org] .

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