Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Yerushlamski, ABD Mosz

Head of the rabbinical court in Stolovitz (now Stalavichy) and Mush (now Novaja Mys) near Baronovitch, in Belarus.

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Rabbi Yaakov-Moshe Direktor (5579 [1819] - 5639 [1879]), head of the rabbinical court in Stolovitz and Mush near Baronovitch, was a great Torah authority, one of the outstanding figures of his generation. Questions and responses of his are brought down in “Be'er Yitzchak”, written by the Gaon R' Yitzchak-Elchanan, rabbi in Kovno and in “B'veit-David” by the Gaon R' David Tevli, rabbi in Minsk. R' Yaakov-Moshe is described by both of them as a great man in Torah learning and in his righteous ways. And with respect to his righteous ways, it is to be noted that many were those who came to him for a blessing from his mouth and considered him a performer of acts of salvation and “ a guter yid” [a good Jew]. He passed away in 5639 [1879]. In a death notice that appeared in “HaTsfira”, issue #16, 1879, R' Yaakov-Moshe is referred to as “the rabbi, the “gaon”, the exemplary person.” However, whenever he would come to Lubtch, he would hide his prestige and didn't wish to be conspicuous save in exceptional cases.

Well- informed people used to say that when R'Yaakov-Moshe was a [married] yeshiva student in Lubtch, he learned “Kabbala” [mysticism], from the righteous Rabbi Yehonatan and also prayed with a prayer book composed by the Ari [Kabbalist rabbi Yitzchak Luria], but not while he would pass before the Holy Ark. His knowledge of Kabbala and his behavior as “a good Jew” stood R' Yaakov-Moshe in good stead and he was also admired by the Hassidim of Mush, who constituted a great central power. Likewise, the “Admor” [title of Hassidic rabbi] from Slonim, R' Avraham Veinberg, would also come to visit him when he was a guest of the Hassidim in Mush.

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