Avrohom Genachowsky

Avrohom Genachowsky, was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and talmudic scholar. He served as dean at in Jerusalem.

Biography

He was born in Tel Aviv on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, 1936, to Rabbi Eliyahu Moshe and Gitta. Eliyahu Moshe studied at the Lomza Yeshiva, and later served as one of the early religious members of the Knesset for HaPoel HaMizrahi.
When Eliyahu Moshe published the Talmud, Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz gave him permission to include his commentaries on the condition that they would be organized by Avrohom, who was 17 at the time.
Avrohom studied for a short time in Ponevezh Yeshiva, and afterward in Slabodka [yeshiva (Bnei Brak)|Slabodka Yeshiva]. He was fluent in the areas of Choshen Mishpat and Even Ha'ezer. At his father's request, he took the Chief Rabbinate of Israel's test on Choshen Mishpat and earned a mark of 100.
He married Rebbetzin Esther, daughter of Rabbi Refoel Yonah and Baila Bronfeld. Esther was the step-granddaughter of Rabbi Dov Berish Weidenfeld of Chebin . Rabbi Weidenfeld hired him to teach at his yeshiva, where he remained until his death.
Esther allowed him to remain in Jerusalem all week, returning to home only for Shabbat and holidays.

Works

His first sefer was Cheder Horasi on Horayot, which he wrote in memory of his mother. His students also published some of his chidushim under the title B'nei Re'eim.

Final illness and death

During his final several months, he suffered from pancreatic cancer. He died, aged 76, on at 3:00 AM at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. 30,000 people attended his funeral.