Nesanel Quinn

Rabbi
Nesanel Quinn
Rav Nesanel Quinn
TitlePrincipal, Yeshiva Torah Vodaas
Personal life
Born
Nesanel Quinn

1910
New York City
Died7 February 2005
Monsey, New York
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYeshiva Torah Vodaas
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationHaredi

Nesanel Hakohen Quinn (1910 – 7 February 2005) was a Haredi Jewish rabbi and educator. He was connected with Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in Brooklyn, New York, for nearly 80 years, rising to menahel (director).[1]

Biography

Quinn's parents, Zalman Pinchas and Devorah Miriam Quinn, originally from Dvinsk, Latvia, emigrated to the United States where they had five children.[1]

Quinn was a pupil at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas (the elementary school) and a student in the first class of Mesivta Torah Vodaath, founded by Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz in 1926.[2]

Quinn also learned under Rabbi Dovid Leibowitz, Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Vodaath. When Leibowitz left to start his own yeshiva, Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen, Nesanel Quinn took charge of Torah Vodaath, along with Rabbi Gedalia Schorr.

In 1965 Quinn, along with Rabbi Zelik Epstein, established Camp Ohr Shraga, the successor to Mendlowitz's Camp Mesivta,[3] which was the home of many American Gedolim during the summer months.[4]

He died on 7 February 2005 (28 Shevat 5765) and was buried in the Monsey cemetery.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Today's Yahrtzeits & History - 28-29 Shevat". matzav.com. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  2. ^ Rosenblum, Yonoson (2001). Reb Shraga Feivel: The life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, the architect of Torah in America. Mesorah Publications. p. 76. ISBN 1-57819-797-X.
  3. ^ Rosenblum, Yonoson (2001). Reb Shraga Feivel: The life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, the architect of Torah in America. Mesorah Publications. pp. 275–276. ISBN 1-57819-797-X.
  4. ^ Tannenbaum, Rabbi Gershon (12 August 2009). "Rabbi Zelig Epstein, zt"l (1912-2009), Last Of The 'Old Guard'". The Jewish Press. Retrieved 17 September 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Rabbi Nesanel Quinn". kevarim.com. 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2011.