with Joe Rosenzweig, a person with no yeshiva education who wanted to learn the Torah. Together, they wrote a Chumash and Rashi translation titled The Pentateuch and Rashi's Commentary, A Linear Translation into English, with Sheps going under the pen-name "Abraham ben Isaiah" (his second name being Avraham and his grandfather's name being Isaiah). Together with his brother-in-law, Benjamin Sharfman, Sheps formed the S.S. and R. Publishing Company, through which his translation on Chumash and Rashi was published. His students never knew that their rebbi was the author of the work. Sheps suffered from a life-threatening illness during the 48 years that he taught at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath. Nevertheless, he continued giving his shiur with energy and excitement, which he passed on to his thousands of students. Sheps died on November 5, 1998 (Hebrew date: 16 MarCheshvan 5759), and was buried in the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery in Jerusalem. Many of his drashos (lectures) and shmuessen (talks) were recorded by his students and published in a sefer titled Moreshes Simchas HaTorah. His shiurim on Bava Kama were published by his family in Sefer Divrei Simcha. See also Chiune Sugihara References 1908 births 1998 deaths American Haredi rabbis 20th-century American rabbis Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives Torah Vodaath rosh yeshivas Orthodox rabbis from New York City Kohanim writers of Rabbinic literature Mir Yeshiva alumni