Jacob J. Hecht
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Rabbi Jacob J. Hecht, known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe's right hand man, was a leading Chabad
rabbi
, educator, writer and radio commentator.
Rabbinical College for Men that he founded along with Rabbi Yisroel Jacobson and the Machon Chana
Institute of Higher Learning for Girls. He was also vice president of the Iranian Jewish Children's Fund& founder of the Ivy League Torah Study Program.He was also the founder of th Released Time Program of Greater NY.
, the head of the Lubavitch Chasidic group, during his radio discourses in Yiddish, and was a commentator on radio station WEVD-AM.
It was completed in December of 2010
He had 12 children and many (over 100) grandchildren and great-grandchildren (over 250). He died in 1990 of a heart attack while visiting Camp Emunah, a summer camp he founded in Greenfield Park, N.Y. He was 66 years old and lived in Brooklyn. He is sruvived by his wife Chave Hecht(Lasker)
Chabad
Chabad or Chabad-Lubavitch is a major branch of Hasidic Judaism.Chabad may also refer to:*Chabad-Strashelye, a defunct branch of the Chabad school of Hasidic Judaism*Chabad-Kapust or Kapust, a defunct branch of the Chabad school of Hasidic Judaism...
rabbi
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
, educator, writer and radio commentator.
Achievements
He was the spiritual leader of Congregation Meir Simcha Hakohen of East Flatbush and for 44 years was the executive vice president of the National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education. He was also dean of Hadar HatorahHadar Hatorah
Yeshiva Hadar Hatorah is a Chabad men's yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York. It is the world's first yeshiva for baali teshuva.-History:The yeshiva was founded in 1962 by Rabbi Yisroel Jacobson, a Chabad activist, to accommodate baalei teshuva interested in full-time study in a traditional yeshiva...
Rabbinical College for Men that he founded along with Rabbi Yisroel Jacobson and the Machon Chana
Machon Chana
Machon Chana is a private religious college for Jewish women affiliated with the Chabad Hasidic movement and geared toward Baalot Teshuva – women from non-orthodox backgrounds seeking religion...
Institute of Higher Learning for Girls. He was also vice president of the Iranian Jewish Children's Fund& founder of the Ivy League Torah Study Program.He was also the founder of th Released Time Program of Greater NY.
Author
He wrote two books: Brimstone and Fire and Essays on Judaism. He was the official translator for Rabbi Menachem Mendel SchneersonMenachem Mendel Schneerson
Menachem Mendel Schneerson , known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or just the Rebbe among his followers, was a prominent Hasidic rabbi who was the seventh and last Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. He was fifth in a direct paternal line to the third Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, Menachem Mendel...
, the head of the Lubavitch Chasidic group, during his radio discourses in Yiddish, and was a commentator on radio station WEVD-AM.
Rabbi Hecht's Torah
In 2008 they started writing a Torah scroll in his honor.It was completed in December of 2010
Family
Born to a 2nd generation New Yorker, JAcob J. Hecht was a proud Jew & American (yankee).He had 12 children and many (over 100) grandchildren and great-grandchildren (over 250). He died in 1990 of a heart attack while visiting Camp Emunah, a summer camp he founded in Greenfield Park, N.Y. He was 66 years old and lived in Brooklyn. He is sruvived by his wife Chave Hecht(Lasker)