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Rabbi '''Yisrael Jacobson''' (originally: '''Paretzkin''', [[3 Kislev]] [[1895|5656]] - [[17 Sivan]] [[1975|5735]]) was a prominent Chabad activist especialy in its early years in the [[United States]]. He chaired the organization [[Agudas Chasidei Chabad]] and is considered one of the founders of Chabad in the United States. He worked to rescue the [[Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe]] from occupied [[Poland]] during [[World War II]]. He served as a [[mashpia]] (spiritual mentor) at [[Hadar HaTorah]] yeshiva, which he established for American students who began their journey to Judaism and Chabad, and was a board member of the [[Central Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva]] in [[New York]]. | Rabbi '''Yisrael Jacobson''' (originally: '''Paretzkin''', [[3 Kislev]] [[1895|5656]] - [[17 Sivan]] [[1975|5735]]) was a prominent Chabad activist especialy in its early years in the [[United States]]. He chaired the organization [[Agudas Chasidei Chabad]] and is considered one of the founders of Chabad in the United States. He worked to rescue the [[Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe]] from occupied [[Poland]] during [[World War II]]. He served as a [[mashpia]] (spiritual mentor) at [[Hadar HaTorah]] yeshiva, which he established for American students who began their journey to Judaism and Chabad, and was a board member of the [[Central Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva]] in [[New York]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Born in [[Russia]] on [[3 Kislev]] [[1895|5656]] in the city of [[Zhuravichi]], to his father Rabbi [[Yaakov Leib]] - from an established Chabad family, descendants of the [[SheLaH]]. He initially studied with a local teacher and later wanted to study in a yeshiva. His teacher recommended that he study at [[ | Born in [[Russia]] on [[3 Kislev]] [[1895|5656]] in the city of [[Zhuravichi]], to his father Rabbi [[Yaakov Leib]] - from an established Chabad family, descendants of the [[SheLaH]]. He initially studied with a local teacher and later wanted to study in a yeshiva. His teacher recommended that he study at [[Yitzchak Yaacov Reines|Rabbi Reines]]'s yeshiva in the city of Lida, but on the way there, he and his father met an emissary from Rabbi Reines's yeshiva who instead recommended Tomchei Tmimim yeshiva<ref>In his memoirs he relates: "A tall man approached us, his beard trimmed evenly, and began to talk: 'You're surely traveling to the yeshiva?' 'Yes!' my father replied. And he began to speak about the yeshiva, and with great interest my father began to draw information from him. | ||
He said he was a fundraiser for the yeshiva, and from his words we learned that it would be better for me to study in the narrow, not in the wall, because there the older students have secular books in their bags, and they might even smoke on the Sabbath... While we were sitting there, another man entered with a dignified appearance, white beard, and also asked where we were traveling, 'Surely to Lida,' and began to speak about Rabbi Reines. I don't remember the details, but his words were emotional, and he said: 'Will you entrust your son to a man who stood on a platform with a half-naked woman?' And he concluded: 'I am an opponent, if you want your son to remain an ehrlicher Yid (honest Jew), take him to Lubavitch.'".</ref> He went to take the entrance exam at [[Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva|Tomchei Tmimim]] in [[Lubavitch]], where he was accepted as a student in the [[cheder|chadarim]] and later to the main Yeshiva of[[Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva|Tomchei Tmimim]] in the town of [[Lubavitch]] where he remained until [[1916]]. He moved together with the Yeshiva when the yeshiva relocated to the city of [[Kremenchug]] on the banks of the [[Dnieper]] River, and later to the yeshiva branch in [[Kherson]]. He studied, on the most part, at the yeshivas: [[Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch]], [[Tomchei Tmimim Shchedrin]], [[Tomchei Tmimim Kremenchug]], and [[Tomchei Tmimim Kherson]] - during the years [[1907]]-[[1920]]. He lived in the city of [[Gomel]], Belarus, from [[1920|5680]]-[[1925|5685]]. | He said he was a fundraiser for the yeshiva, and from his words we learned that it would be better for me to study in the narrow, not in the wall, because there the older students have secular books in their bags, and they might even smoke on the Sabbath... While we were sitting there, another man entered with a dignified appearance, white beard, and also asked where we were traveling, 'Surely to Lida,' and began to speak about Rabbi Reines. I don't remember the details, but his words were emotional, and he said: 'Will you entrust your son to a man who stood on a platform with a half-naked woman?' And he concluded: 'I am an opponent, if you want your son to remain an ehrlicher Yid (honest Jew), take him to Lubavitch.'".</ref> He went to take the entrance exam at [[Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva|Tomchei Tmimim]] in [[Lubavitch]], where he was accepted as a student in the [[cheder|chadarim]] and later to the main Yeshiva of[[Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva|Tomchei Tmimim]] in the town of [[Lubavitch]] where he remained until [[1916]]. He moved together with the Yeshiva when the yeshiva relocated to the city of [[Kremenchug]] on the banks of the [[Dnieper]] River, and later to the yeshiva branch in [[Kherson]]. He studied, on the most part, at the yeshivas: [[Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch]], [[Tomchei Tmimim Shchedrin]], [[Tomchei Tmimim Kremenchug]], and [[Tomchei Tmimim Kherson]] - during the years [[1907]]-[[1920]]. He lived in the city of [[Gomel]], Belarus, from [[1920|5680]]-[[1925|5685]]. | ||
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==Family== | ==Family== | ||
* His wife, Mrs. Sheina. | * His wife, Mrs. Sheina. | ||
* His daughter, Mrs. Chaya Sarah, wife of Rabbi [[Shlomo Zalman Hecht]] - [[Chicago]]. | * His daughter, Mrs. Chaya Sarah, wife of Rabbi [[Shlomo Zalman Hecht]] - [[Chicago]]. | ||
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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
* '''[[Zikaron L'Bnei Yisrael]]''' Israel Jacobson's memoirs, [[Kehot]], 1996. | * '''[[Zikaron L'Bnei Yisrael]]''' Israel Jacobson's memoirs, [[Kehot]], 1996. | ||
* His memoirs in [[Di Yiddishe Heim]] issues 38-39, 59-60 | * His memoirs in [[Di Yiddishe Heim]] issues 38-39, 59-60 | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [https://chabadlibrary.org/books/arum/zikaron/index.htm '''Zikaron L'Bnei Yisrael'''] His memoir book on the Chabad Library website. | * [https://chabadlibrary.org/books/arum/zikaron/index.htm '''Zikaron L'Bnei Yisrael'''] His memoir book on the Chabad Library website. | ||
* [https://anash.org/our-man-in-america/ Our Man in America], An article about R' Yisrael on Anash.org | * [https://anash.org/our-man-in-america/ Our Man in America], An article about R' Yisrael on Anash.org | ||
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