10 Facts About Yehuda Henkin

Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin, author of the responsa Benei Banim, was a Religious Zionist and Modern Orthodox posek.

Yehuda Henkin was born in Pennsylvania in 1945 and raised in New Haven, Connecticut.

Yehuda Henkin's father was Dr Avraham Hillel Henkin, who headed the local Board of Jewish Education.

Yehuda Henkin's uncle was Professor Louis Henkin, who taught international law at Columbia.

Yehuda Henkin lived in Jerusalem, with his wife, Chana Henkin, founder and head of Nishmat, the Institute for Advanced Jewish Studies for Women.

Yehuda Henkin discusses whether those who believe that the Lubavitcher Rebbe is the messiah are considered to be heretics, ruling that they are not.

Yehuda Henkin cites his grandfather R Yosef Eliyahu Henkin that hearing Shofar and Megillah cannot be done by radio, and that therefore Kol Isha does not apply over the radio.

Yehuda Henkin was unsure whether this applies to hearing a woman's voice on television.

Yehuda Henkin cites his grandfather R Yosef Eliyahu Henkin as considering the Aruch HaShulchan as more definitive than the Mishnah Berurah.

Yehuda Henkin has written the major objection to the concept of a partnership minyan, particularly the issue of calling women to the Torah.