Early Life
Dushinsky was born in Paks, Hungary. He was a disciple of the author of Shevet Sofer, one of the grandchildren of the Chassam Sofer.
After his marriage to the daughter of Rabbi Mordechai Winkler, author of Levushei Mordechai, Dushinsky became the Chief Rabbi in Galanta, Slovakia. In an epidemic during the First World War his first wife died childless and he subsequently remarried Esther Neuhaus, daughter of Rabbi Yoel Tzvi Neuhaus. He relocated to the town of Chust, where he assumed the position of Chief Rabbi. In 1921, a son, Yisroel Moshe was born.
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