| Honorific-prefix | Rabbi |
|---|---|
| Title | Rosh Yeshiva (dean), Yeshivas Ner Yisroel |
| Yeshiva | Yeshivas Ner Yisroel |
| Yeshivaposition | Rosh yeshiva |
| Predecessor | Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman |
| Successor | Yaakov Moshe Kulefsky |
| Birth name | Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg |
| Birth date | 1923 |
| Death date | 1 July 1999 |
| Spouse | Chana Ruderman |
| Occupation | rabbi |
Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg, known as Yaakov Weinberg (also Jacob S. Weinberg) (1923 – July 1, 1999) was a rabbi in the Orthodox Jewish tradition, and rosh yeshiva (dean) of Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore, Maryland,[1] an American non-Hasidic yeshivas. Weinberg was also a rabbinical advisor and board member of the Association for Jewish Outreach Programs.
Early life and family
Weinberg was a descendant of the Slonimer Hasidic dynasty. He was the great-great-grandson of Rabbi Avraham of Slonim, author of Yesod HaAvodah and founder of the dynasty, and the grandson of Rabbi Noah Weinberg of Slonim and Tiberias, whom the first Slonimer Rebbe had sent to Palestine to establish a Torah community in the late 19th century.[2]
He was the son of Yitzchak Mattisyahu Weinberg, a rabbi, and his third wife, Ayala Hinda Loberbaum, whom he married when he was in his thirties and she was fourteen. They had five children, including Yaakov and Noah, the founder and rosh yeshiva (dean) of Aish Hatorah.[2]
In 1931 his mother took him and his brother to Israel for three years. During that time, Weinberg attended school in Tiberias and later studied in the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in [[Jerusalem. Upon their return to America, Weinberg attended Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim, and later studied at Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin[3] under Yitzchak Hutner, who gave him semikhah (rabbinic ordination) in 1944 when he was 21.[2]
In 1945, Weinberg married Shaina Chana Ruderman, daughter of Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, founder of the Ner Israel yeshiva. They had two boys and four girls.[citation needed]
Career
In 1964, Weinberg went to the Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto originally the Toronto branch of Ner Israel, where he served as dean until 1971. He then returned to Baltimore but went on to serve for a short time as rosh yeshiva at the now defunct Kerem Yeshiva founded by his son, Rabbi Matis Weinberg, in Santa Clara, California. However, following the death of his father-in-law, Rabbi Ruderman, he became the permanent rosh yeshiva of Ner Israel in Baltimore in 1987 until his death in 1999.[4]
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Death and legacy
Weinberg died of cancer.[citation needed]
After his death a student compiled and published his work on Maimonides, entitled Meoros HaRambam.[5]
References
- ^ "Valuing Life". Jewish World Review. 8 October 1999.
- ^ Plaut, Mordecai Plaut (4 August 1999). "A Rebbi for America: HaRav Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg, zt'l". Deiah veDibur
- ^ "Memorium for Rabbi Weinberg". Where What When. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
- ^ "Ner Israel dean Yaakov S. Weinberg, 76, dies". tribunedigital-baltimoresun. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ^ https://www.baltimorejewishlife.com/news/news-detail.php?SECTION_ID=1&ARTICLE_ID=106167
External links
- "Rebbi for America: HaRav Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg – Part I"
- "Rebbi for America: HaRav Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg – Part II: A Time of Transition"
- Tribute to Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg at aish.com Archived 2007-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg on aishaudio Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Passing of HaRav Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg from Dei'ah veDibur