Yaakov Feitman

Yaakov Feitman is a rabbi, speaker and author[1] who helped build and expand congregations in more than one geographic region and was the founding principal[2] of three schools.[3]

Feitman was born in 1948 in a Displaced Persons camp to Holocaust survivors.[4][page needed]

Professional

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He received rabbinical ordination from rabbis Moshe Feinstein and Yitzchak Hutner.[5]

Feitman is a past president of the Young Israel Council of Rabbis, has been a Scholar-in-Residence [6] all over the world and spoken at OU, Torah Umesorah and Agudah conventions.[7]

Congregation Builder

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Presently the rabbi of the "Red Shul", Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi in Cedarhurst, New York, he has held pulpits in Cleveland, Ohio and Teaneck, NJ.

Cleveland, Ohio

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In 1983, moved from Brooklyn to become the rabbi of Young Israel of Cleveland,[8] which at the time [4][page needed] had congregations in Cleveland Heights and South Euclid. Feitman divided his time between and duties between the two locations and helped guide these congregants, over a period of years, through this transition. Later he helped with another transition in what became the Young Israel of Beachwood, located in a Cleveland-suburb.[9]

Those years involved not only religious matters but dealing with extensive problems regarding land use and discrimination [10] .[11]

Authorship

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  • The Rogatchover Gaon (biography)
  • "The Halachic Process" (recording) [12]
  • "Daas Torah: Tapping the Source of Eternal Wisdom". In: Torah Lives, ed. Nisson Wolpin. Brooklyn, NY: Mesorah Publications, 1995. Pg ix-xxviii. ISBN 0-89906-319-5.
  • "The invention of religion" pp. 67–68 (ISBN 0-8135-3093-8) by Derek R. Peterson & Darren R. Walhof
  • Out of the Iron Furnace (Shengold Publishing, ISBN 0-88400-040-0), by Rabbi Eliezer Ben-David, translated into English and adapted by Rabbi Yaakov Feitman
  • a Eulogy he wrote for Rabbi Mordechai Gifter for Yated Neeman [1]
  • an article written for Mishpacha regarding the decades since the passing of Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner [2][13]
  • Wrote articles for Mishpacha Magazine[14]
  • Writes weekly articles in Yated Neeman[15]
  • Blueprints: Torah views of the world and events around us (ISBN 1-4226-2614-8): Mesorah Publications[16]
  • Days of Reflection, Days of Joy Discovering the Gifts of Elul, the Yamim Noraim and Succos(ISBN 1-4226-3909-6): Mesorah Publications[17]

References

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  1. ^ "What is Passover?". Jewish Holidays. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  2. ^ Schick, Joe (2005-05-04). "Marvin Schick: RJJ Newsletter - May 2005". Marvin Schick. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  3. ^ "Yom Tov Atmosphere". Archived from the original on 2009-05-31. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
  4. ^ a b book Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle For The Soul Of American Jewry by Samuel G. Freedman, ISBN 0-684-85945-9
  5. ^ "Smilow Family Presents Pesach 2008, Cancun, Mexico". Archived from the original on 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
  6. ^ and in Yarchei Kallah programs
  7. ^ "Orthodox Union Biennial National Convention to Chart New Course - OU.ORG". Archived from the original on 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
  8. ^ Ari L. Goldman (April 16, 1984). "Jews Debate Appropriateness Of Updating Seders". The New York Times.
  9. ^ An article in the Jan. 12, 1998 issue of Jewish World Review described the area as a "predominantly Jewish Cleveland suburb."
  10. ^ court case 2006-Ohio-4379; earlier the local ADL and Zoning.
  11. ^ and dealing with opposition from fellow Jews: "If you want to move in, move in... But when you bring all the baggage with you -- two synagogues, the mikvah, the school, the whole shtick -- you're taking over." https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/13/magazine/the-jewish-tipping-point.html&pagewanted=print
  12. ^ Halakha#Sources and process
  13. ^ "A Life of Majesty and Mystery: An Appreciation of Rav Yitzchok Hutner - Mishpacha Magazine". 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  14. ^ "feitman - Mishpacha Magazine". Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  15. ^ "Rav Yaakov Feitman, Author at Yated.com". Yated.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  16. ^ "Blueprints ISBN".
  17. ^ "Days of Reflection, Days of Joy ISBN".
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