Entries Tagged as 'DovBer Pinson'

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Studying to Be a Rabbi, Fighting to Be a Champion

“After the bullet incident, Foreman and Leidecker married and moved to Brooklyn. Leidecker described herself as curious about spirituality. One afternoon, she typed the words “kabbalah” and “Brooklyn” into a search engine. The hunt led to Rabbi DovBer Pinson, who now supervises Foreman’s foray into matters of Jewish law. Foreman trains on kosher food and […]

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Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Yuri Foreman : Boxing and Semicha

Yuri Foreman, professional boxer and Rabbinical student studying semicha with Rabbi DovBer Pinson, will fight Saturday night in Atlantic City. Says Pinson, “I worry about him. I pray for him a lot. He’s probably the only fighter in the world who’s studying to become a rabbi.”A week before his next fight, boxer Yuri Foreman visited […]

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