Avraham Yoffen

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.

[3] Yoffen supervised a network of satellite yeshivas in pre-World War II Poland and Ukraine, all named Yeshiva Bais Yosef.

[4] In Europe, for a while, Yoffen had the assistance of Rabbi Gershon Liebman.

[1] He was buried on Har HaMenuchot among numerous famous rabbis.