"Reb Moshe" - for the nine decades of his life, these two words were synonymous with Torah greatness, encyclopedic knowledge, compassion, generosity, piety, humility, faith, and countless other precious, sacred concepts.

During his five decades in the United States, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein was Rosh Yeshivah of Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem and its resident branch, the Yeshivah of Staten Island. It was to Tifereth Jerusalem on the Lower East Side that people came by the thousands with their questions and problems. His study table in the beis midrash was the address of queries coming from all four corners of the earth. He was the court of last resort for virtually all the world