Avraham Yoffen (or Jofen; 1887 - April 19, 1970), also known as "Avraham Pinsker"[1][2] was a rabbi, son-in-law to Yosef Yozel Horowitz, the Alter of Novardok and director of Novardok Yeshiva. He fled to the U.S. at the outbreak of World War II and opened a yeshiva in Borough Park. In 1962 he moved to and founded a kollel in Jerusalem.[3]
^"Rabbi Avraham Yoffen - The Director of the Novardok Yeshivot".
^meaning of Pinsk: born near Pinsk, studied a while in Pinsk
^"What Is Wisdom?". Torah.org. 31 March 2017. rosh yeshiva of the Novardok Yeshiva in Bialystok, Poland; New York and Yerushalayim
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