Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Galinsky (December 15, 1920 - January 23, 2014)J2G (Jewish to Gregorian) output for 04/04/5681 (4 Teves 5681) is 1920/12/15 (Jan. 23, '14) was described as "a scion of Yeshivas Novardok in Bialystok, and one of the last

maggid A maggid ( he, מַגִּיד), also spelled as magid, is a traditional Jewish religious itinerant preacher, skilled as a narrator of Torah and religious stories. A chaplain of the more scholarly sort is called a '' darshan'' (). The title of ...

im remaining in our generation." Galinsky, described as "diminutive in stature but towering in personality ... kept crowds enthralled" was once told that since so many people are dreaming of the future, his job as

Maggid A maggid ( he, מַגִּיד), also spelled as magid, is a traditional Jewish religious itinerant preacher, skilled as a narrator of Torah and religious stories. A chaplain of the more scholarly sort is called a '' darshan'' (). The title of ...

(in his travels to "immigrant communities throughout Eretz Yisroel") should not be to give them Mussar but rather to wake them up, and each will do his part.

Biography

He was born "5681/1921 in Krinek, Poland" to Devorah and Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Galinsky. Galinsky's first yeshiva, Yeshivas Novardok in Bialystok, had only "a few shelves" of reference texts, so people waited in line and, while waiting, sharpened their understanding. In 1939, with others of the yeshiva, he fled but was captured by Russia and exiled to Siberia. Upon release he "traveled to Zambul, Kazakhstan, in Eastern Russia" and helped found a Jewish school in which he taught. He married Tzivia Brod, a daughter of a Lubavitcher Chassid; in 1949, they came to Israel, where Galinsky helped found a yeshiva. Upon his passing, 47 days after his 4 Teves/December 13, 2013, his 93rd birthday, his survivors included "children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren."

Published works

* ''Vehigadeta'' - a series of works available in the original Hebrew and also English translation. * ''Lehaggid''He didn't write either the Hebrew work ''LeHaggid'' or its English translation ''From the Maggidim of Yesteryear'' but the Galinksy's spoken "inspiration and wisdom" are supporting parts of both.

References

Rav Yaakov Galinsky - The Legendary Maggid with the Fiery Spirit of Novardik
by Rebbetzin G. Lehrer, Feldheim, Rosh yeshivas Maggidim 20th-century Polish rabbis 1920 births 2014 deaths Novardok Yeshiva alumni 20th-century Israeli rabbis {{poland-rabbi-stub