Chaim Zev Malinowitz was a Haredi community rabbi, dayan, and Talmudic scholar.
17 Facts About Chaim Malinowitz
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Chaim Zev Malinowitz was born in 1952 on the Lower East Side of New York City.
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Chaim Malinowitz next studied at Yeshivas Iyun HaTalmud in Monsey, New York, under Rabbi Abba Berman, a main disciple of Rabbi Yerucham Levovitz.
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Chaim Malinowitz remained at this yeshivah for six years, until his marriage in 1976, whereupon he entered the kollel.
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Chaim Malinowitz staunchly opposed the 1992 New York Get Law proposed by Jewish activist groups, which would penalize husbands who refused to grant their wives a get by making it difficult for them to arrange a civil divorce.
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Chaim Malinowitz contended that the coercive element of the penalty could halakhically invalidate all divorces in New York.
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Ultimately, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach's decision on the matter, which agreed with Chaim Malinowitz's position, eroded support for the law.
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In 1992 Chaim Malinowitz was appointed, along with Rabbi Yisrael Simcha Schorr, as general editor of the Schottenstein Edition of the Babylonian Talmud published by ArtScroll.
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Chaim Malinowitz was responsible for approving "every single line and every single footnote" of the translation and commentary of the Talmud submitted by the editorial staff for both the English and Hebrew editions.
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Nothing was considered final until Chaim Malinowitz approved the finished draft.
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Chaim Malinowitz continued his association with ArtScroll after making aliyah in 1997.
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Chaim Malinowitz broke with his Haredi colleagues in opposing a ban on Natan Slifkin's books.
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Chaim Malinowitz was fluent in all areas of the Talmud, halakha, and hashkafa.
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Chaim Malinowitz combined this knowledge with "fearlessness" to act on his convictions and a strong desire for truth.
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Chaim Malinowitz married Simi Maza, daughter of Rabbi Dovber Maza, a Torah educator, in 1976.
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Chaim Malinowitz died in Jerusalem on November 21,2019, at the age of 67.
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Chaim Malinowitz was buried in the Rehovot cemetery near his parents.