Rabbi Pinchas Paul Biberfeld was born on October 31, 1915 in Berlin. Biberfeld completed his rabbinical studies at the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin where he received his smicha from Dr. Jechiel Weinberg. After his family was forced to leave Germany in 1939 Biberfeld immigrated to Palestine via Triest and Haifa. In the same year his father died after a longstanding illness.
Biberfeld completed his rabbinical studies at the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary (Rabbiner Seminar für das Orthodoxe Judenthum) in Berlin where he received his Smicha from Doctor Jechiel Weinberg.
In the 1950s Rabbi Biberfeld founded the still functioning Kollel Zlatipol-Chortkov in Tel-Aviv, where he served as Rosh-Kollel for 30 years.
Moreover he was a publisher of the rabbinic journal "Hane"eman", printing responsa of distinguished rabbinical scholars and his own novel insights.
In 1984 Rabbi Biberfeld succeeded Rabbi Hans Isaak Grünewald in Munich. During the ten years as Chief Rabbi of Munich (Oberrabbiner der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde München) he profoundly influenced Jewish life in Germany, especially by redefining the rabbi"s role as the foremost authority within the community.
Married to the daughter of Zvi Aryeh Twersky, Rebbe of Zlatipol-Chortkov
