Dov Yaffe ( he, דב יפה; 1928–2017) was a
Polish-born
Israeli rabbi
A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...
,
mashgiach, and leader of the
Musar movement.
Youth
He was born at
Vilna
Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional ur ...
in June 1928. In 1935, at age 7, he moved with his parents to the
Land of Israel and settled in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
where he studied at and afterward at the
Hebron
Hebron ( ar, الخليل or ; he, חֶבְרוֹן ) is a State of Palestine, Palestinian. city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies Above mean sea level, above sea level. The second-lar ...
,
Ponevezh, and
Slabodka yeshivos.
Career
He became the assistant to Rabbi
Elyah Lopian at the
Knesses Chizkiyahu yeshiva which relocated to
Rekhasim in Northern Israel in 1955. While based in Rekhasim, he taught
Musar to thousands of students in Knesses Chizkiyahu, in
Karmiel, and in in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
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Family
He was married to Rivka and had six children.[
]
Final illness and death
Prior to his death, he was hospitalized at Laniado Hospital in Kiryat Sanz, Netanya. He died on November 8, 2017, at age 89.[
]
Works
His writings were published in ''Divrei Chachamim'' and other ''s'farim
''Sifrei Kodesh'' ( he, ספרי קודש, , Holy books), commonly referred to as ''sefarim'' ( he, ספרים, , books), or in its singular form, ''sefer'', are books of Jewish religious literature and are viewed by religious Jews as sacred. T ...
''.[
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References
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1928 births
2017 deaths
Haredi rabbis in Israel
Haredi writers
Hebrew-language writers
Israeli writers
Lithuanian Haredi rabbis
Mashgiach ruchani
Ponevezh Yeshiva alumni
Writers from Vilnius
Writers of Musar literature
Israeli people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
Lithuanian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine