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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http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=2714&st=&pgnum=138
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”×– 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