A 20 year-old bochur who learns in the Central Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva in the Israeli village of Kfar Chabad is making significant inroads in the Torah world.
Eliyahu Tzvi Yaakobovitch is the author of a 550 page book of chiddushim and discussions on major topics in the Gemara Kesubos, learned by students in Yeshivas this year.
His composition has been widely praised by leaders of the Litvish world, including Rabbi Yosef Sholom Elyashiv, Rabbi Aharon Leib Steinman, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky and the Rosh Yeshiva of Ponevitch Rabbi Dov Povarski.
Yaakobovitch’s great grandfather was Rabbi Aharon Yaakobovitch OBM who, together with Rabbi Elyashiv, was a son-in-law of the known Tzaddik Rabbi Aryeh Levin OBM.
The bochur’s father is Rabbi Tuvia Yaakobovitch, a Mashgiach in the Ohr Simcha – Bucharim Yeshiva in Kfar Chabad.
Another approval for the book was received from Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, recognized halachic authority and spiritual leader of the Shas sephardic movement.
this young talmid chacham is a bochur 20 years old. quite an accomplishment by any standard
So the litvish gedolim aproved it what about the lubavither gedolim?
Yasher Koach! That’s truly fantasic, and It is all good….the bachurim that learn…and the ones that do Merkaz Shlichus…and the ones that rapp….each one to serve H-shem with his abilities. Together we will bring MOSHIACH NOW!
just because one bochur came out with a major writing of lamdanus it is a total bifayrish yotzei min haklall and to all those who say that he is a kiddush shem lubavitch you know and i know that the shem lubavitch is that table talk in lubavitch has nothing to do with chiddushim or vertlach from chassidus or even niglah for that matter soo even if his book is 1000 pages hes a total isolated drop in a bucket a anomoly a peculiarity and in lakewood where this thing is celebrated to trade in the schoireh of torah in… Read more »
Finally…a lubavitcher bachur who knows how to learn…
the heading makes it sound like he came out with some novel or something.
Is recognition what you want? Then you’ve wasted all your years learning chassidus…
It’s called a sefer – not a book…
Did any lubavitcher rov give him haskamos, or did he get them only from prominent misnagdishe rabbonim?
Its the idea now don’t get personal with him thanku
Take it easy son
Right on man!
i wish to Eliyahu Tzvi Yakobovich alot of success in his learning!!!
to 21, that’s the dumbest thing to say, since when do we sit and learn to get recognition, are we snags now?? ohh the poor bochurim who are ovedim and maskilim don’t get as much attention as the rappers.
and BTW the reason why they are celebrities and they are famous is because theyre talented and entertaining why don’t you complain about Avram Fried getting more media attention than bochurim who sit and learn.
the fact is what makes news is when something big/unusual/amazing happens no matter what caused it
just because not every boucher comes out with a book dosent mean we cant learn just its not about you coming out with sforim if u need proof check out the kovitz heores of lubavitch yeshivos world wide
The reason Lubavitcher bochurim dont do this type of thing isnt because they dont learn, but:
1] They divide their time between Nigleh and Chassidus.
2] Unfortunately, the impetus for this kind of thing can’t come from one’s yetzer tov alone.
3] As a past editor of Sfarim of this kind, lemme say that the majority of printed chidushim are quite superficial.
Dont get me wrong: Its great this bochur’l has done this, but I dont think its fair for people from the ‘ouside’ to demand this from others.
Louis
i know ( not think ) the rebbe is ( not would be ) proud!!!!!!!!!!!
This is great news thank you to COL for publicizing this. This deserves a lot more attention then when a Bachur decides to become a rapper or something. This is what todays Bachurim should be looking up to.
first of all, i would like to give you a bracha to be the biggest Mekushar as you say, and Lamdan. second of all, i would like to respectfully point out that when you become one, you won’t care if no one knows the difference, and as a chossid, you will enjoy the challenge of practicing your anivus…..
i dont need to. if i drop out of yeshiva and become a singer or boxer il become a celebrity IN CHABAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
but if i stay in yeshiva i could be the bigest mikushar oyved and lamdan and no one wil know the differenc (even if i knew how to spel)
btw im not american
maybe when you learn how to spell you will get in the news too!
Wow. So nice to see this! what a kiddush hashem and kiddush lubavitch. I think the Rebbe would be proud.
i dont know which yeshiva you go to but the ones that i go to arent mass producing lamdanim…….to say the least
finally the websites are highliting a bachur who sits and learns.
until now it seemed that the only way a bucher wil get atention is if he goes on merkas shlichus and gets a picture with a politition.
its about time we teach our buchrim that sitting and learning is the most importent thing.
but unfortently the only reason this bucher is geting atention is becouse he got pictures with gidolim. (the sefer came out before pesach but didnt get coverige until he got the pictures………)
Did you just come out of a cave. Lubavitch has produced thousands of real talmidei chachomim since the holocaust , not to mention the hundreds and thousands from before the war.
Finally Chabad has someone that knows how to learn!!
they have jump in israel too??
Baruch Hashem .. We have Potential rising the ranks!!!
Why aren’t more Bachorim encouraged to do that by their Mashpiyim?
We need more people doing this…It’s fantastic.
Yasher Koach and we are looking forward for more…
wow!
What a big Kiddush Lubavitch. May we have many more like him in Lubavitch
SeferSeferSeferSefer by a LubavITCHER ITCHER ITCHER ITCHER. Thank you. Very. Kindly. We should FarbRENG RENG RENG about this some day.
kiddush lubavitch, not kiddush hashem!!!!!!!!!!!!
500 pages on one mesechta!
60 pages is good too if there is substance in the chidushim
Even Reb Moshe Feinstein who is known to write a lot reaches just about that many pages.
Kol Hakavod
amazing work keep it up
When referring to Divrei Torah it is a Sefer not a book!
skoyach!!!