Yehudah Jacobs
Mashgiach ruchani of Beth Medrash Govoha From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rabbi Yehudah Jacobs (c. 1935[1] – April 27, 2020) was a mashgiach ruchani (counselor) in Beth Medrash Govoha,[2] the largest yeshiva outside of Israel and the second largest in the world after the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem.[3][4]
Rabbi Yehudah Jacobs רב יהודה ג'ייקובס | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 1935 |
| Died | April 27, 2020 Lakewood, New Jersey, U.S |
| Nationality | United States |
| Spouse |
Ruthie Jacobs
(m. 1985, died)Mrs. Esther Jacobs |
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| Alma mater | Beth Medrash Govoha |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
Biography
Jacobs was born about 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.[5] He married his first wife, Ruthie, and they settled in Lakewood. He soon was appointed the mashgiach of Beth Medrash Govoha alongside Rabbi Nosson Meir Wachtfogel,[6] a position he held for many years. After his first wife died (c. 1985), Rabbi 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.
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