Binyomin Beinush Finkel

Rabbi Binyomin Beinush Finkel was the rosh yeshiva of Mir [yeshiva (Jerusalem)|Yeshivas Mir] in Jerusalem.

Biography

He was born in Mir, Belarus, where his father Rabbi Eliezer [Yehuda Finkel (Mir rosh yeshiva, Poland and Jerusalem)|Eliezer Yehuda Finkel] was the rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva. Rabbi Finkel acquired most of his Torah knowledge during his studies at the yeshiva. In 1931, he studied under the Yisrael [Meir Kagan|Chofetz Chaim], and in 1933-34 under Rav Yitzchok [Zev Soloveitchik], the Brisker Rov.
After his arrival in Palestine, he became close to the Chazon Ish. He married the daughter of Rav Shmuel Greineman, the Chazon Ish's brother-in-law. After his marriage, he began teaching in Yeshivas Beis Baruch, before becoming a rebbi in Yeshivas Mir, and in 1965, after his father's death, he began to head the yeshiva.
His son-in-law Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel,, is the previous rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Mir in Jerusalem. Three other sons in-law act as associate Roshei Yeshiva, they are Rabbis Binyomin Carlebach, Nachman Levovitz, and Yisroel Glustein .
Another of his sons-in law, Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky, is rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva of Greater Washington in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Rabbi Finkel died on February 13, 1990.