Moshe Feinstein in 10 Minutes

Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time · May 22, 2026 · 8m

Enter the world of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (1895–1986), the Russian-born giant of Jewish Law (Halakha) who, from his modest study on New York's Lower East Side, became arguably the most influential Posek (legal decisor) for Orthodox Jewry worldwide in the 20th century. Fleeing Soviet oppression in 1937, he assumed the leadership of Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem and dedicated his life to applying traditional Talmudic principles to the unprecedented technological and social challenges of the modern era. His voluminous collection of legal rulings, Igros Moshe ("Letters of Moshe") , tackled…