Editing Rabbi Yaakov Yehudah Hecht (section)

== Life History ==
Born in 5684 to his father Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht, in his youth he became close to Lubavitch together with his five brothers, and began learning in the Central Tomchei Tmimim.

In the winter of 5705, he became engaged to his wife Mrs. Chava Lasker.

After his marriage, he served as rabbi of Congregation Meir Simcha HaKohen East Flatbush. In his early years as a rabbi, he would come to the Rebbe (even before the nesius) and the Rebbe would guide him on how and what to speak about in shul.

He was appointed by our Rebbeim to central positions: member of Agudas Chassidei Chabad International and Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, member of Machne Israel and director of [[Released Time]].

For many years, he emceed the children's rallies at 770 (the Rally and Parade).

In 5713, following the Rebbe's directive, he established a summer camp for girls. The name given to the camp with the Rebbe's approval was 'Camp Emunah'.

Once the Rebbe remarked about him: that he has a [[chassid]] who does what the Rebbe wants.

He would translate the Rebbe's sichos from [[Yiddish]] to English during farbrengens, in addition to translating the sichos that were said to children.

Rabbi Hecht wrote two books titled "Brimstone and Fire" and "Essays on Judaism".
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