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Reuven Feinstein
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american rabbi and the rosh yeshiva of the residence hall of mesivtha tifereth jerusalem”. Today it says “orthodox jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the yeshiva of staten island”.
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Reuven Feinstein ( Hebrew : שלום ראובן פיינשטיין ; born August 1937) is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Yeshiva of Staten Island , New York . He is the younger of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein 's two sons, the leading posek of post-war America.
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american rabbi and the rosh yeshiva of the residence hall of mesivtha tifereth jerusalem
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orthodox jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the yeshiva of staten island
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