Rabbi
Yaakov Galinsky
Personal
Born15 December 1920
Krynki, Poland
Died23 January 2014 (2014-01-24) (aged 93)
Bnei Brak, Israel
ReligionJudaism
Parent
  • Avraham Tzvi (father)
Alma materNavordok Yeshiva
PositionMaggid
PositionRosh yeshiva
YeshivaYeshivas Chadera

Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Galinsky (15 December 1920 - 23 January 2014)[1][2][3] was described as "a scion of Yeshivas Novardok in Bialystok, and one of the last maggidim[4] remaining in our generation."

Galinsky, described as "diminutive in stature but towering in personality ... kept crowds enthralled"[5] was once told that since so many people are dreaming of the future, his job as Maggid (in his travels to "immigrant communities throughout Eretz Yisroel")[6] should not be to give them Mussar but rather to wake them up, and each will do his part.[3]

Biography

He was born "5681/1921 in Krinek, Poland"[7] to Devorah[1] and Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Galinsky.[3]

Galinsky's first yeshiva, Yeshivas Novardok in Bialystok, had only "a few shelves" of reference texts, so people waited in line and, while waiting, sharpened their understanding.[8]

In 1939, with others of the yeshiva, he fled but was captured by Russia and exiled to Siberia. Upon release he "traveled to Zambul, Kazakhstan, in Eastern Russia" and helped found a Jewish school in which he taught.[3]

He married Tzivia Brod,[1] a daughter of a Lubavitcher Chassid; in 1949, they came to Israel, where Galinsky helped found a yeshiva.

Upon his passing, 47 days after his 4 Teves/13 December 2013, his 93rd birthday, his survivors included "children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren."[9]

Published works

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 J2G (Jewish to Gregorian) output for 04/04/5681 (4 Teves 5681) is 1920/12/15 (Jan. 23, '14) S. Baruchi. "HaRav Yaakov Galinsky, zt"l". HaRav Galinsky was born on the 4th of Teves, 5681
  2. ↑ ""Madregat Ha'adam" signed inscription by Rabbi Yaakov Galinsky". May 3, 2017. The endpaper bears a signed inscription by R' Yankele Galinsky, who ... Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Galinsky [1921-2014] was the ...
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Harav Yaakov Galinsky, zt"l". Hamodia. January 23, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Rabbi Yaakov Galinsky". SeforimCenter.com. The Wisdom of the Maggid, Rabbi Yaakov Galinsky.
  5. ↑ "Rav Yaakov Galinsky".
  6. ↑ "Rav Yaakov Galinsky zt"l". matzav.com. January 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Rav Yaakov Galinsky". feldheim.com Publishers. From his childhood in Krinik to ...
  8. ↑ Hamodia interview, "several years ago."
  9. ↑ "2 sons predeceased him."
  10. ↑ V'Higadeta-Breishis : HaRav Yaakov Galinsky. ISBN 978-1-6009-1538-3.
  11. ↑ Galinsḳi, Yaʻaḳov (August 2015). V'Higadeta-Elul & Rosh Hashanah: HaRav Yaakov Galinsky. ISBN 978-1600913846.
  12. ↑ V'Higadeta Pesach Haggadah - HaRav Yaakov Galinsky.
  13. ↑ "New in English: Vehigadeta Haggadah by Rav Yaakov Galinsky zt"l". April 8, 2016.
  14. ↑ credit: HaRav Sholom Meir Wallach, who "collected.." Golinsky's "sichos and droshos."
  15. ↑ He didn't write either the Hebrew work LeHaggid or its English translation From the Maggidim of Yesteryear but the Galinksy's spoken "inspiration and wisdom" are supporting parts of both. "Yaakov Ariel - From the Maggidim of Yesteryear - Volume 2: Shemos and Vayikra".


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