Life
Krinsky was born into an Eastern European rabbinical family. He was apparently born in Minsk; the year of his birth is unknown, but his father, Rabbi Isaac Krinsky, died in the autumn of 1853, so this provides us with a terminus ante quem. In his youth, he studied both Torah and secular studies (what B. Z. Eisenstadt calls חכמה, “wisdom”). Later on, he moved to Slutzk, where he went into the timber business, and made a fortune. He became a philanthropist, supporting rabbis and Torah scholars. Later on, he moved (back?) to Minsk, where he began his major work of scholarship, the Mehōqeqē Yehudā. For Krinsky's (apparent) association with the movement known as Haskala, see below.
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