Pinchus Feldman
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Rabbi Pinchus Feldman haKohen OAM (born 1945) is the Chief Rabbi and first shaliach ("emissary") of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement in New South Wales, Australia.
Feldman became the Dean of Yeshiva Centre in 1968. He was principal of Yeshiva College in Sydney for over 30 years, during this time, he bought the Dover Heights campus allowing the school to expand dramatically. In late 2003, Yeshiva College was sold to Meir Moss for $1, which later became known as Kesser Torah. In early 2004, his family members went to form Cheder Chabad Lubavitch.
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[edit] Biography
Feldman, a Kohen, was born in 1945 to Rabbi and Rebbetzin Menachem Mendel Feldman the long time rabbi of Congregation Shearis Yisroel-Baltimore (The Glen Avenue Shul). In 1964, at the age of 19, he became the first shaliach sent by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson to New South Wales, Australia, Where he married Pnina Gutnick, the daughter of Rabbi Chaim Gutnick.
In 1968, Rabbi Schneerson encouraged him to accept the leadership of Yeshiva Centre and to receive rabbinic ordination (semicha) from many Rabbis. The level of ordination he received was semicha yadin yadin, the highest form of ordination.
[edit] Awards
In 1995, Feldman received the Community service award from Premier John Fahey, for outstanding community services.
In 2002, he received the Medal of the Order of Australia from Queen Elizabeth II, for service to the Jewish community of New South Wales, particularly through the development of spiritual, educational and welfare facilities. [1]
In 2006, Rabbincal Council of New South Wales awarded him.
[edit] See also
- Rabbi Yossi Feldman
