Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman

 

Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman

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Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman (Shushan Purim 1900,[1] Daŭhinava - July 11, 1987)[2] was a prominent Talmudic scholar and rabbi who founded and served as rosh yeshiva (yeshiva head) of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore.

Early life[edit]

Ruderman was born to a Hasidic family of the Chabad denomination in Daŭhinava, in the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus), where his father, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ruderman,[3] was the rabbi. He studied in Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael in Slabodke,[1] under the "Alter", Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, and the rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein, receiving semicha from the latter in 1926.

Skverer Chassid

 

Rabbi Yonason Geffen relates the following story about Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky:

A family close to Rav Kamenetsky was shocked when the youngest of their seven sons informed them that he wanted to be a Skverer Chassid.  They went together with the boy to Reb Yaakov expecting him to convince their son that boys from proper German-Jewish families do not become Chassidim.  To their surprise, Rav Kamenetsky spent his time assuring them that it was not a reflection on them that their son wanted to follow a different path of Avodas Hashem.  Obviously, their son had certain emotional needs which, he felt, could be filled by becoming a chassid and they should honor those feelings.  Rav Kamenetsky even recommended a step more radical than the parents were willing to consider - sending the boy to a Skverer Yeshiva !

Chazon Ish said Rebbe is Next Godol HaDor

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-wAfeT3XpU

Rabbi Mordechai Hager zt"l,

Rabbi Mordechai Hager zt"l, born in 1922, was the Vizhnitzer Rebbe in Monsey until his passing in 2018.[7][8] Following the death of his father Rabbi Chaim Meir Hager of Bnei Brak, Israel, tens of thousands of Vizhnitz hasidim followed him. At the time of his passing, he was the oldest hasidic rabbi in the world. He was known for his devotion to learning Torah: he studied 18 hours a day and asked his Chasidim to study at least two hours every day. He had about 30,000 followers internationally.[9]

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