Yehudah Jacobs
Rabbi Yehudah Jacobs רב יהודה ג'ייקובס | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 1935 Cologne, Germany |
| Died | April 27, 2020 |
| Spouse |
Ruthie Jacobs
(m. 1985, died)Esther Jacobs |
| Education | Beth Medrash Govoha |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
Yehudah Jacobs ( c. 1935[1] – April 27, 2020) was an American rabbi who served as the mashgiach ruchani of Beth Medrash Govoha.[2]
Biography
[edit]Jacobs was born c. 1935 to Rabbi Asher and Esther Jacobs in Cologne, Germany.[1] He studied in Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood Township, New Jersey starting in the late 1950s under Rabbi Aharon Kotler.[3] He married his first wife, Ruthie, and they settled in Lakewood. He was soon appointed the mashgiach of Beth Medrash Govoha alongside Rabbi Nosson Meir Wachtfogel,[4] a position he held for many years. After his first wife died (c. 1985), Jacobs married his second wife, Esther. In 2010, he moved to Israel, where he stayed for a few years, all the while keeping up with the Lakewood Yeshiva. He later returned to Lakewood.
On April 27, 2020, he died of COVID-19 in Lakewood.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rav Yehuda Jacobs zt"l | Matzav.com".
- ^ "BD'E - Hagaon Harav Yehudah Jacobs, Zt"l, Mashgiach of Bais Medrash Govoha | Hamodia.com". Hamodia. April 27, 2020. Archived from the original on May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ https://mishpacha.com/so-human-so-great-in-tribute-to-rav-yehuda-jacobs/ "He arrived in Rav Aharon Kotler’s Lakewood in the late 1950s"
- ^ Arem 2002, p. 240. Dershowitz 2006, p. 20.
- ^ "Lakewood: Petira of Rabbi Yehuda Jacobs, long time mashgiach at BMG, he was also the Leader of the Regesh Network organization, a helpline for kids, teens and young adults". theyeshivaworld.com. 27 April 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
