Yehuda Leib Krinsky

Yehuda Leib Krinsky was a Belarusian Jewish Hebrew scholar, theologian, businessman, and philanthropist in the late-19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Minsk, he studied Torah and secular studies in his youth. He then moved to Slutzk, where he became wealthy as a timber tradesman and began financially supporting rabbis and Torah scholars. Krinsky moved back to Minsk later in life, where he compiled Mechokekei Yehudah, his only known work.