Judaica KESONES PASIM Konigsburg 1856, Rare, SIGNED by Rav Ruderman.

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Judaica KESONES PASIM Konigsburg 1856, Rare, SIGNED by Rav Ruderman.:
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Rare Hebrew sefer by Rabbi Jacob Meir B. Hayyim Padue.
Very good condition
Signed and stamped by Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Halevi Ruderman, Rosh Teshiva Ner Yosroel in Baltimore.
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RabbiYaakov Yitzchok Ruderman(1900,Daŭhinava- July 11, 1987) was a prominentTalmudicscholar and rabbi who founded and served asrosh yeshiva(yeshivahead) ofYeshiva Ner YisroelinBaltimore.

He was born inDaŭhinava,Russia(now inBelarus), where his father, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ruderman, was the rabbi. He studied inYeshivas Knesses YisraelinSlabodke, under the \"Alter\", RabbiNosson Tzvi Finkel, and therosh yeshiva, RabbiMoshe Mordechai Epstein, receivingsemichafrom the latter in 1926.

Among Rabbi Ruderman\'s distinguished colleagues in Slobodka were his second cousin RabbiYaakov Kamenetsky, RabbiReuven Grozovsky, RabbiAharon Kotler, and RabbiYitzchak Hutner.

Building Torah in America

In 1930, Rabbi Ruderman joined his father-in-law, Rabbi Sheftel Kramer, at the latter\'s yeshiva inNew Haven, Connecticut. In 1931, the Ruderman family moved toCleveland,Ohio, where he served as one of the teachers at the Yeshiva.[1]In 1933, he moved to Baltimore, where he was immediately offered a rabbinical post. Rabbi Ruderman accepted the position on the condition that he be permitted to open a yeshiva using the synagogue facilities; he named the new yeshivaNer Yisroel, or \"Ner Israel\".

The yeshiva grew quickly, and Rabbi Ruderman approached the renowned RabbiShimon Schwab, at the time rabbi of another Baltimore congregation, and invited him to join the faculty. Rabbi Schwab taught the first-yearshiur(class) in Ner Israel for several years, until he moved toWashington Heights. When Rabbi Ruderman grew old, he became blind but still held a siddur when davening. Rabbi Ruderman led the yeshiva for 54 years until his death when RabbiShmuel Yaakov Weinberg, his son in law, took over.[2]Rabbi Ruderman wasrosh yeshiva, while his brother-in-law, RabbiNaftoli (Herman) Neubergertook care of the financial side. Together, they built it into one of the largest yeshivas inAmerica, producing thousands of rabbis, educators and learned laymen.

Rabbi Ruderman was also involved in many aspects of Jewish communal life outside of the Yeshiva. He was a member of theCouncil of Torah SagesofAgudath Israeland the chairman of the Rabbinic Advisory Board ofTorah Umesorah.

Death[edit]

Rabbi Ruderman\'s death on July 11, 1987, the 14th ofTammuz, followed less than 18 months after the deaths of RabbiYaakov Kaminetskyand RabbiMoshe Feinstein. Rabbi Ruderman was one of the last survivingroshei yeshivawho came to America fromLithuaniaearly in the 20th century.

His son-in-law, Rabbi Weinberg, who married his only child, Chana, succeeded him asrosh yeshivaof Ner Yisroel[3]until Rabbi Weinberg\'s death in 1999.[2]

Rabbi Weinberg\'s wife, Chana, died on January 23, 2012.[1][2]

Works[edit]

Around 1926, Rabbi Ruderman published his only written work,Avodas Levi. The Sefer Avodath Levi Project to preserve his legacy has been in progress.[4]Posthumously, his students have published two volumes of his teachings: ethical insights based on the weeklyparshanamedSichos Levi, and lectures on the 19th century workMinchas Chinuchand otherTalmudicandhalachicinsights inMas\'as Levi.