Chaim Rabinowitz

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Rabbi Chaim Shalom Tuvia Rabinowitz (also known as Reb Chaim Telzer) (1856-1930) was a famous Lithuania Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva.

Rabbi Rabinowitz was a student of Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor and of Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk - the Ohr Somayach.

When Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, the Chief Rabbi of Kovno, died in 1896, his son Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Spektor decided to establish a yeshiva in his father's memory. The Rabbi of Slobodka, Rabbi Moshe Danishevsky assisted Rabbi Spektor in opening the yeshiva, which was named Knesses Beis Yitzchok. Rabbi Rabinowitz was appointed as the first Rosh Yeshiva.

Following his time in Slabodka, Rabbi Rabinowitz served as Rabbi to the town of Meishad, Lithuania.

In 1904, Rabbi Shimon Shkop left the Rabbinical College of Telshe and Rabbi Rabinowitz was appointed as a Rosh Yeshiva.

Rabbi Rabinowitz developed his own method of Talmudic analysis, which became renowned throughout the yeshiva world. He taught in the Telz Yeshiva for twenty six years and became known as Reb Chaim Telzer.

Rabbi Rabinowitz died on Wednesday 21st of October (10th Cheshvan) 1931. His son Rabbi Azriel Rabinowitz assumed his father's position in the Telz Yeshiva.

Three volumes of Rabbi Rabinowitz's lectures on Talmud have been published by the Telz Yeshiva in Cleveland, under the title: Shiurei Rebbi Chaim MiTelz.