Shimshon Dovid Pincus (; August 1944 – April 12, 2001) was an Israeli haredi (ultra-orthodox) rabbi of American origin who worked in Ofakim.
Biography Pincus learned in Beth Hatalmud Rabbinical College, a yeshiva in New York City under Aryeh Leib Malin. Afterwards, he moved to Israel to learn in Brisk yeshiva under Berel Soloveitchik, the son of the Brisker Rav. He studied Kabbalah with Yaakov Moshe Hillel. https://amimagazine.org/2020/04/05/reaching-even-higher/ After his marriage he lived in Bnei Brak and then in the Negev. At this time, he was the Mashgiach ruchani (dean) of the yeshiva in Ofakim. Afterwards, he became the rosh yeshiva in Yeruham. Pincus was Chief Rabbi of Ofakim for over twenty years.
Pincus and his wife, Chaya had 12 children. In 2001, at the age of 56, he was killed in a car accident, along with his wife and 18-year-old daughter, Miriam. They are buried in Jerusalem.
Works Among his books* are:
'*'These are translations of books that he wrote in Hebrew.
References
External links Avraham Eliezer Sofer, Our Rabbis in the South, Biography, Toldot Shimshon - Facts and Leadership of Rabbi Shimshon David Pincus, Part I, Toldot Chaim - Part II Facts and Leadership about Rabbi Chaim HaCohen Kamil, Adar 2 5688, published by the Jerusalem Book Fair 56 "H Short Bio & Free MP3 Lectures by Rabbi Shimshon Dovid Pincus