Avraham Chaim Naeh (; 3 May 1890 – 21 July 1954) was a Lubavitcher

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and major ''

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authority) active during the first half of twentieth century. He is most famous for his works ''Ketzos ha-Shulchan'', ''Piskei Ha

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'', ''Shi'urei Mikveh'', and ''Shi'urei Torah'' (''Measurements of the Torah''); in the last work, he converted

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into contemporary measurements. The work is of great practical significance since much of Halacha involves specific requirements of precise sizes and quantities. Naeh was born in

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. His father, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Naeh, was the dean of the Magen Avos Yeshiva, founded by the Sdei Chemed.Saltiel, Manny
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''Chinuch.org'' He studied in his youth at the Ohel Moshe Yeshiva under Rabbi Yitzchak Yerucham Diskin. In 1912, Naeh published ''Chanoch LaNa'ar'', a book containing laws for

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boys. When World War I broke out, the Ottoman authorities expelled people from Palestine who did not possess Turkish citizenship. Many of the dispossessed Jews found refuge in

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, where Naeh opened a

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called "Yeshivat Eretz Yisrael". His yeshivah had 200 students who had been exiled from Jerusalem. In Alexandria, Naeh wrote ''Shenot Chaim'', a special '' Kitzur Shulchan Aruch'' for

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. In 1918, he returned to Palestine and served as the personal secretary of the

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, under Rabbi

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,. He published his most famous work ''Ketzos HaShulchan'' in 1926. In 1948, he was a founding member of the Rabbinic Council of

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in Jerusalemhttps://tablet.otzar.org/#/b/179656/p/326/t/16780.7397478327947045/fs/rylPNJtYRAfBwMUbPmHG1behOqE9l1ttW5rVT7sMCaIx/start/8835/end/9012/c/1739103596123 and later helped found the

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weekly newspapers, ''Kol Yisrael'' and ''

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''.

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1890 births 1954 deaths Chabad-Lubavitch poskim Hasidic rabbis in Israel Rabbis in Hebron Rabbis in Jerusalem Hasidic rabbis in Mandatory Palestine Hasidic rabbis in Ottoman Palestine Exponents of Jewish law Authors of books on Jewish law Burials at Har HaMenuchot Shelichei derabonan (rabbis) Edah HaChareidis people {{Judaism-bio-stub