Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman

Rabbi
Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman
יעקב יצחק רודרמאן
Personal
Born(1900-03-16)March 16, 1900
Dawhinava, Russian Empire (now Belarus)
DiedJuly 11, 1987(1987-07-11) (aged 87)
ReligionJudaism
SpouseGolda Feiga (née Kramer)
Children1
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
Alma materSlabodka Yeshiva, Lithuania
Jewish leader
SuccessorRabbi Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg
PositionRosh yeshiva
YeshivaNer Yisroel
Began1933
Ended1987
Main workAvodas Levi
Yahrtzeit14 Tammuz
Buried39°14′29″N 76°40′26″W / 39.241523°N 76.673917°W / 39.241523; -76.673917
SemikhahRav Moshe Mordechai Epstein

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

  1. ^ "Rav Yaakov Yitzchok Halevi Ruderman zt"l, On His 22nd Yahrtzeit, Today, 14 Tammuz". matzav.com. July 6, 2009.
  2. ^ S. Schecter. "Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman". Kevarim.com.