Rabbi Yaakov Perlow

Yaakov Perlow (born 1930) was an American-born Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva, and Rebbe of the Novominsker Hasidic dynasty. Since 1998 he has been president of Agudath Israel of America, a Haredi advocacy organization. He is also a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages) of Agudath Israel of America. He is one of the most respected leaders of the American Orthodox community.

Rav Yaakov Perlow was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Rabbi Nochum Mordechai Perlow (1887-1976), the Novominsker Rebbe, and his wife, Beila Rochma Morgenstern. He was named after his great-grandfather, Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, the first Novominsker Rebbe. His maternal grandfather was Rabbi Yitzchak Zelig Morgenstern (1864-1939), the Sokolover Rebbe, a direct descendant of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk. Morgernstern was one of the main founders of Agudath Israel in Poland.

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רבי יעקב פרלוב (השני), בנו של רבי נחום מרדכי, הוא מראשי היהדות החרדית בארצות הברית. מכהן כיושב ראש מועצת גדולי התורה של אגודת ישראל בארצות הברית. ידוע בלמדנותו ובכושרו הרטורי. ספרו "עדת יעקב" על הש"ס. חתנו של רבי אברהם מזידיטשוב-שיקגו

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