Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman
יעקב יצחק ב"ר יהודה לייב הלוי
Rosh Yeshiva Ner Yisroel, Baltimore, MarylandDate of Death:
Sat. July 11, 1987 -
Tammuz 14 5747
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Who Was Rabbi Yaakov Ruderman of Camden NJ, he published two Seforim in 1908:
http://hebrewbooks.org/2132
http://hebrewbooks.org/2133
Appears that after that he went back to Europe, where he reprinted his works:
http://hebrewbooks.org/49321
a little more about him:
http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=36602&st=&pgnum=355&hilite=
Was he related to the RY?
The RY was a Levi, and the Rav of Camden doesn’t seem to be, so it’s probably not the same family.
He is mentioned here in תרע”ז as Rav of Lechovitz (see number 49), but in the Yizkor book of Lechovitz I found no mention of him: http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=20188&st=&pgnum=105.
Rav Ruderman was a levi and a ben yochid
Upon entering Slobodka, Rav Ruderman who was only 15 at the time, committed to completing the entire shas prior to the upcoming Pesach. Soon after, a telegram arrived at the Yeshiva with news that his father died. The Alter intercepted the telegram, withholding the news. The Alter decided that it was a bigger aliyah for the neshama of the niftar for the budding prodigy to complete his project of completing the entire Shas than to sit shiva and recite Kaddish.
I have placed a 38 minute recording of an oral history interview with Rav Yaakov Ruderman zt”l (in English) from November 7, 1983 here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zf0xQuVGaLIpkkCwdZt5t9NdBepmr8gJ/view?usp=sharing
The recording is courtesy of the Jewish Museum of Maryland and its catalog is here:
https://jewishmuseummd.pastperfectonline.com/archive/EB43063C-65CB-4D56-9F2B-447170245655
It covers some of Rav Ruderman’s personal history plus the history of the Ner Yisroel yeshiva in Baltimore
This was transferred from cassette and there is quite a bit of background tape noise, so listen carefully.
Yaakov Ruderman of Camden his fathers name was aryeh leib and he was way older, looks like there was 2 rabbanim with this name