What is Nahum Rabinovitch?
[[File:Rabinovitch3.JPG|right|200px]] Rabbi '''Nahum Eliezer Rabinovitch''' ({{lang-he|נחום אליעזר רבינוביץ'}}; 1928 – May 6, 2020) was a Canadian-born Israeli [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[rabbi]] and [[posek]]. He was the head of [[Yeshivat Birkat Moshe]] in [[Ma'ale Adumim]]. He was born in [[Montreal]], [[Canada]]. In 2015 he led the [[Giyur K'halacha]] conversion court, of which he was one of the founders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-israeli-judge-recognizes-conversion-to-judaism-by-private-court/ |title=In first, Israeli judge recognizes conversion to Judaism by private court |date=13 September 2018 |quote=Convert 'Katya' and her daughter sit before the independent Giyur K'halacha conversion court, led by Rabbi Nahum Rabinovitch (center) on August 10, 2015. Giyur K’halacha’s rabbinical courts, which follow the precepts of Jewish law, were founded by Farber along with many of Modern Orthodoxy’s biggest names — Efrat’s Rabbi Shlomo Riskin; Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitch from Ma’ale Adumim}}</ref> Rabinovitch died on May 6, 2020 at the age of 92.<ref>[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/279761 Dean of Maale Adumim yeshiva, Rabbi Nahum Rabinovitch passes away at age 92]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rabinovitch, Nahum}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Israeli rabbis]] [[Category:People from Montreal]] {{bio-stub}}