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What is crooked will not be able to be straightened, and what is missing will not be able to be counted. He was born in the hamlet of Kalushkove, Lithuania, in Shortly afterwards his family moved to the village of Dolhinov where he grew up. It was there that he met his lifelong friend Rabbi Aharon Kotler, who would go on to found the Lakewood yeshiva.

While studying in Slabodka, Rabbi Kamenetsky decided he wanted to spend a period in the Kelm Talmud Torah, famous for its focus on task and ability to avoid distraction. However, he knew that if he asked Rabbi Finkel directly he would be refused.

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Therefore, one day he took a round-about path to the outhouse instead of the direct one he always used. Rabbi Finkel called him over and sent him to Kelm to learn discipline. Rabbi Kamenetsky was appointed rabbi of Tzitavyan in and moved to North America in , where he initially took rabbinical positions in Seattle and then Toronto. Along with Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, he led American Jewry in issues of halachic and spiritual guidance until , when both men died.

Aside from his extensive Torah scholarship, he was known for his ever-present warm smile and his expertise in Hebrew grammar. His oldest daughter, Malka , was married to the late Rabbi Yisrael Shurin d.