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About Rabbi Finman
Rabbi Finman is the Rabbinical Administrator of Chai Kosher Consultations and
Supervisions. He is also a Rav HaMachshir for the Orthodox Rabbinical Board of
Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
His professional career spans 40 years beginning as a pioneer in Kiruv, a love that
continues to this day. Rabbi Finman is a seasoned rabbinic teacher and scholar in
residence. As a Pastoral Counselor his emphasis is in spiritual growth, baal teshuvah
issues and relationshiping. He also officiates weddings throughout the United States,
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
In the past he was in the forefront of Domestic Violence and Alcohol and Drug abuse
issues within the Jewish community.
Rabbi Finman began his kashruth career in the early seventies as a mashgiach at
United Packing, the first glatt kosher slaughter operation in America located outside
of the New York area where he also trained as a shochet (ritual slaughter). The
operation was under the supervision of HaRov Pinchas Teitz, z"l and Harav Shloime
Twerski z”tl, the Denver Rav, a scion of the Chernobyl, Anipoli, Hornistipel and
Bobov schools of Chassidus.
Subsequently he worked in the dairy industry for the KAJ, the Satmar Central
Rabbinical Congress, the Tzelemer Rov and Harav Yidel Gruber; the glatt kosher
meat industry for the Nirbator Rov; has been Rosh Hamashgichim in Passover Hotels
for the Orthodox Association for the Observance of Kashruth and was the initial Rosh
Hamashgichim for the OK at Le Marais restaurant.
As Director of the Vaad Hakashruth of Syracuse he strengthened community-wide
kashrus standards and supervised the kashruth in a dozen stores, caterers and
institutional kitchens. As the Central New York representative for the OU while in
Syracuse, Rabbi Finman also inspected food processors and did occasional work for
the OK and Hisachdus Harabonim.
Rabbi Finman was also employed as a kosher inspector by Rabbi Shulem Rubin in the
Kosher Law Enforcement division of the New York State Dept. of Agriculture and
Markets.
As an independent consultant, Rabbi Finman’s clients have included Le Marais,
Levana and Boychik’s restaurants, Presidential Holiday Tours, Miami Travel Center,
the Bronx Hospital and Home for the Aged and Cunard Lines.
Currently Rabbi Finman is a Rav Hamchshir for a Passover program that is under the
ORB's (Orthodox Rabbinical Board of Broward and Palm Beach Counties)
supervision.
Rabbi Finman is married to Yehudis Kaplan. Together they are busy supplying love
and support to their fifteen children and twenty four grandchildren (ken yirbu meod).
Rabbi Finman is the Rabbinical Administrator of Chai Kosher Consultations and
Supervisions. He is also a Rav HaMachshir for the Orthodox Rabbinical Board of
Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
His professional career spans 40 years beginning as a pioneer in Kiruv, a love that
continues to this day. Rabbi Finman is a seasoned rabbinic teacher and scholar in
residence. As a Pastoral Counselor his emphasis is in spiritual growth, baal teshuvah
issues and relationshiping. He also officiates weddings throughout the United States,
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
In the past he was in the forefront of Domestic Violence and Alcohol and Drug abuse
issues within the Jewish community.
Rabbi Finman began his kashruth career in the early seventies as a mashgiach at
United Packing, the first glatt kosher slaughter operation in America located outside
of the New York area where he also trained as a shochet (ritual slaughter). The
operation was under the supervision of HaRov Pinchas Teitz, z"l and Harav Shloime
Twerski z”tl, the Denver Rav, a scion of the Chernobyl, Anipoli, Hornistipel and
Bobov schools of Chassidus.
Subsequently he worked in the dairy industry for the KAJ, the Satmar Central
Rabbinical Congress, the Tzelemer Rov and Harav Yidel Gruber; the glatt kosher
meat industry for the Nirbator Rov; has been Rosh Hamashgichim in Passover Hotels
for the Orthodox Association for the Observance of Kashruth and was the initial Rosh
Hamashgichim for the OK at Le Marais restaurant.
As Director of the Vaad Hakashruth of Syracuse he strengthened community-wide
kashrus standards and supervised the kashruth in a dozen stores, caterers and
institutional kitchens. As the Central New York representative for the OU while in
Syracuse, Rabbi Finman also inspected food processors and did occasional work for
the OK and Hisachdus Harabonim.
Rabbi Finman was also employed as a kosher inspector by Rabbi Shulem Rubin in the
Kosher Law Enforcement division of the New York State Dept. of Agriculture and
Markets.
As an independent consultant, Rabbi Finman’s clients have included Le Marais,
Levana and Boychik’s restaurants, Presidential Holiday Tours, Miami Travel Center,
the Bronx Hospital and Home for the Aged and Cunard Lines.
Currently Rabbi Finman is a Rav Hamchshir for a Passover program that is under the
ORB's (Orthodox Rabbinical Board of Broward and Palm Beach Counties)
supervision.
Rabbi Finman is married to Yehudis Kaplan. Together they are busy supplying love
and support to their fifteen children and twenty four grandchildren (ken yirbu meod).
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