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Nachum Eisenstein

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Nachum Eisenstein is the rabbi of the Ma'alot Dafna neighborhood, Jerusalem, Israel. He is one of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv's foremost disciples.[1]

American-born Eisenstein heads the International Rabbinical Committee on Conversion. The committee was originally started by Rabbi Chaim Kreiswirth, Chief Rabbi of Antwerp, Belgium.[2][3] Eisenstein is an advocate for creating halachic standards in determining the status of a conversion to Judaism.[4]

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  1. ^ Yeshiva Rabbi Jacob Joseph (2006). Journal of halacha and contemporary society. Yeshiva Rabbi Jacob Joseph School. p. 93. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight - NEWS". chareidi.shemayisrael.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight - NEWS". chareidi.shemayisrael.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight - IN-DEPTH FEATURES". chareidi.shemayisrael.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2022.