Rabbi Reuven Katz ( Hebrew : ראובן כץ/כ"ץ ; 1880–1963) was a rabbi in Russia , the United States, and Israel. Serving at first in several Russian communities and then in Bayonne, New Jersey , for the last thirty years of his life he served as chief rabbi of Petah Tikvah and as the rosh yeshiva of the city's Lomza Yeshiva .
18-1060: Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible , Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob . Variants include Reuvein in Yiddish or as a English variant spelling on the Hebrew original; Rúben in European Portuguese ; Rubens in Brazilian Portuguese ; Rubén in Spanish ; Rubèn in Catalan ; Ruben in Dutch , German , French , Italian , Indonesian , Polish , Swedish , Norwegian , Danish , and Armenian ; and Rupen / Roupen in Western Armenian . The form Ruben can also be
36-401: A Jewish militia to protect the community. At the same time, Rabbi Katz was working on his sefer , Degel Reuven , which he would publish in 1922, gaining him further recognition throughout the nation as a serious Torah scholar . In 1923, Rabbi Katz was appointed as rabbi of Stawiski (Stavisk), a larger community than Indura, where he once again opened a yeshiva. He soon became involved in
54-577: A form of the name Robin , itself a variation of the Germanic name Robert , in several Celtic languages . It preserves the "u" sound from the name's first component "hruod" (compare Ruairí , the Irish form of Roderick ). Reuven (name) Reuven, Reuben or Reuvein ( Yiddish variant) is the eldest son of Jacob in the Bible. It is a Biblical masculine first name from
72-532: A village near Minsk, where he opened a yeshiva. Four years later in 1909, he became the rabbi of Indura (Yiddish: Amdur), a village near Grodno , where he would remain for over ten years, opening a yeshiva and a gemach . During World War I, he and his wife were instrumental in Indura's aid and relief, distributing the funds from the American Joint Distribution Committee as well as organizing
90-663: The Agudath HaRabbanim . In 1932, the Jewish community of Petah Tikvah in Mandatory Palestine offered Rabbi Katz the rabbinate. Taking the opportunity to settle in Israel , he immigrated to Palestine with his family and was installed as Petah Tikvah's chief rabbi and av beit din (chief judge in a rabbinical court ). It was under Rabbi Katz's leadership that Rabbi Ovadia Yosef , future chief rabbi of Israel and gadol hador ,
108-562: The Vaad HaYeshivos , the organization dedicated to supporting the yeshivas of Eastern Europe , founded by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan , the "Chafetz Chaim." It was his activism in the organization that made the Chafetz Chaim choose him to travel to America as their overseas fundraiser in 1929. He would remain there until 1932, serving as rabbi in Bayonne, New Jersey and as the vice-president of
126-621: The Alter sent fourteen of the yeshiva's elite students to be the founding student body of the Slutsk Yeshiva , Reuven was among those chosen, alongside Pesach Pruskin and Eliezer Yehudah Finkel . He would remain there for several years. In 1903, Reuven joined the kollel of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky in Vilnius ( Yiddish : Vilna ). Soon after, he married his wife Reichel, the daughter of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Maskileison [HE] . The wedding
144-1208: The Haganah and Israeli diplomat Reuven Elbaz (born 1944), Sephardi Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva Reuven Feldman (1899–1990), Israeli politician Reuven Feuerstein (1921–2014), Romanian-born Israeli psychologist Reuven Frank (1920–2006), American journalist and broadcast news executive, twice president of NBC News Ruby Goldstein (1907–1984), American boxer and referee Reuven Hammer (1933–2019), American-Israeli Conservative rabbi, scholar of Jewish liturgy, author and lecturer Reuven Katz (1880–1963), rabbi and rosh yeshiva Reuven Niemeijer (born 1995), Dutch footballer Reuven Oved (born 1983), Israeli former footballer Reuven Ramaty (1937—2001), Hungarian astrophysicist Reuven Rivlin (born 1939), Israeli politician, lawyer and former president of Israel Reuven Rubin (1893–1974), Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania Reuven Rubinstein (1938–2012), Israeli mathematician Reuven Shari (1903–1989), Russian-born Israeli politician Reuven Shefer (1925–2011), Israeli stage and film actor Reuven Shiloah (1909–1959), first director of
162-1099: The Hebrew רְאוּבֵן ( Re'uven ), meaning "behold, a son", as well as a surname. Bearers of the name include: Given name [ edit ] Reuven Abergel (born 1943), Moroccan-Israeli social and political activist Reuven Agami (born 1965), Dutch cancer researcher Reuven Amitai (born 1955), Israeli-American historian, writer and Hebrew University of Jerusalem dean Reuven Arazi (1907–1983), Israeli politician Reuven Atar (born 1969), Israeli football manager and former player Reuven Avi-Yonah , tax attorney, academic and author Reuven Azar (born 1967), Israeli ambassador Reuven Barkat (1906–1972), Israeli politician born Reuven Borstein Reuven Bar-On (born 1944), Israeli psychologist Reuven Brenner (born 1947), Romanian-born Israeli-Canadian economics professor Reuven Bulka (1944–2021), Canadian rabbi, writer, broadcaster and activist Reuven Carlyle (born 1965), American politician and businessman Reuven Dafni (1913–2005), British Second World War officer, member of
180-502: The Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency Reuven Snir (born 1953), Israeli professor at the University of Haifa Reuven Tal (1932–1967), Israeli footballer Reuven Tsur (1932–2021), professor emeritus of Hebrew literature and literary theory at Tel Aviv University Roby Young (born 1942), Israeli former footballer Reuven Yudalevich (1862–1933), a funder and founder of
198-710: The age of eleven. He soon transferred to the Mir Yeshiva where he remained for a short time before going to learn at the Radin Yeshiva of the Chafetz Chaim . He was fifteen years old at the time. Reuven later left the Radin Yeshiva and enrolled in Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael Slabodka , the yeshiva of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel (the "Alter of Slabodka'") and Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein . In 1897, when
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#1732845207512216-467: The city in 1932, he joined the yeshiva faculty, leading and expanding it. Later volumes of Degel Reuven were published in 1940 and 1949, completing the series at three volumes. Rabbi Katz also wrote a five volume work on the Torah titled Duda'ei Reuven and a sefer titled Shaar Reuven , a collection of essays on contemporary issues, including German reparations , drafting girls and yeshiva students into
234-490: The city of Rishon Le Zion, Israel Surname [ edit ] Hen Reuven (born 1992), Israeli footballer Lior Reuven (born 1980), Israeli former footballer See also [ edit ] Caspar Reuvens (1793–1835), Dutch historian and archaeologist [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to
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270-461: The nearby Mir Yeshiva. It was also through these visits that Rabbi Katz would obtain rabbinic ordination from the Mir rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Elya Baruch Kammai [HE] . Other rabbis who came to visit his father-in-law, namely Rabbi Eliezer Rabinowitz of Minsk and Rabbi Mordechai Rosenblatt of Slonim , also gave him semikha . After Rabbi Maskileison's death in 1905, Rabbi Katz became the rabbi of Seleb,
288-599: Was born in Halshany (known in Yiddish as Olshan or Olshany), Russia in 1880 to Rabbi Shimon and Chaya Zahava Katz. As a child, he studied in the yeshiva of Rabbi Dovid Shlomo Grodzinski (father of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski ) in Iwye . A prodigious student, he was known as the " ilui (prodigy) of Olshany" and had memorized the talmudic tractates Shabbat and Bava Kamma — a feat unattained by many scholars four times his age — by
306-727: Was celebrated in Khislavichi where Rabbi Maskileison served as rabbi. After their marriage, the couple remained in Khislavichi where Rabbi Katz became akin to his father-in-laws assistant as rabbi. However, soon after, Rabbi Maskileison was called by the Jewish community of Stowbtsy (Yiddish: Stoybitz), a town not far from the village of Mir , to become their rabbi. Taking their offer, Rabbi Maskileison moved to Stowbsty, and there as well, his son-in-law helped him as rabbi. Both Rabbis Maskileison and Katz would engage in Torah discussions with students from
324-615: Was instated as a judge on the Petah Tikvah beit din . Also in Petah Tikvah, Rabbi Katz served as rosh yeshiva of the Lomza Yeshiva alongside Rabbi Yechiel Mordechai Gordon. The yeshiva had been established in Lomza , Poland in 1883 by Rabbi Leizer Shulevitz; his son-in-law Rabbi Gordon served as rosh yeshiva. A branch of the yeshiva was opened in Petah Tikvah in 1926, with Rabbi Gordon leading both of them. However, upon Rabbi Katz's arrival in
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