honorific_prefix death_date death_place birth_place parents birth_date known_for article_title name
rabbi 13 february 1990 jerusalem mir , belarus eliezer yehuda finkel 1911 rosh yeshiva of the mir binyomin beinush finkel
 binyomin beinush finkel
binyomin beinush finkel

rabbi binyomin beinush finkel , -lrb- 1911 - february 13 , 1990 -rrb- , was the rosh yeshiva of yeshivas mir in jerusalem .
he was born in mir , belarus , where his father rabbi 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 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 .
he began giving lectures in yeshivas mir , and in 1965 he began to head the yeshiva .
his son-in-law rabbi nosson tzvi finkel , -lrb- who is also his first cousin 's son -rrb- , 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 .
