EXHIBIT 5.1

                      KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP
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                                                                     May 5, 2004

VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY, INC.
63 Lincoln Highway
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355-2120

    Re: Registration Statement on Form S-4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

    We have acted as counsel to VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the 'Company'), in connection with the preparation and filing of a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the 'Registration Statement'), for the
registration of the shares (the 'Shares') of common stock, par value $0.10 per
share, of the Company issuable upon purchase by the Company of the Company's
Liquid Yield Option'TM' Notes due 2021 (Zero Coupon-Subordinated) (LYONs) at the
option of the holders of the LYONs.

    We have made such inquiries and reviewed such documents and records as we
have deemed necessary to enable us to express an opinion on the matters covered
hereby, and we have also examined and relied, without independent investigation
or verification, upon representations, statements or certificates of public
officials and officers and representatives of the Company.

    Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued upon purchase of the LYONs in
accordance with the terms of the LYONs and the Indenture, dated June 4, 2001,
pursuant to which the LYONs were issued, and the company notice/prospectus
included in the Registration Statement, will be legally issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.

    We do not express any opinion with respect to any law other than the laws of
the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and
the federal laws of the United States of America. This opinion is rendered only
with respect to the laws and legal interpretations and the facts and
circumstances in effect on the date hereof which are in effect.

    We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption 'Legal
Matters' in the company notice/prospectus included in the Registration
Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within
the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.

                                      Very truly yours,

                                      /s/ KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP