Renowned Educator Rabbi Yaakov Yehuda Gluskinus Dies at 97

The Haredi education world in Bnei Brak is mourning the passing of Rabbi Yaakov Yehuda Gluskinus, a veteran and esteemed educator at the Torat Emet Talmud Torah school. He died on Friday night at Ma'ayanei Hayeshua Medical Center at the age of 97. Rabbi Gluskinus, who was lucid until recently, was hospitalized the previous week after falling at his home. Born in Germany in 1930, he studied at the Tora Vodaath yeshiva in the United States before immigrating to Israel in 1950. He later joined the Ponevezh Yeshiva, where he studied under prominent rabbis including the Ponovezh Rabbi, Rabbi Dessler, Rabbi Shach, Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky, and Rabbi David Povarsky.

Rabbi Gluskinus married Rebbetzin Yudis, daughter of Rabbi Yona Marzbach, Rosh Yeshiva of Kol Torah and former chief rabbi of Darmstadt, Germany. The couple resided in Bnei Brak. For decades, Rabbi Gluskinus served as an educator at Torat Emet, a school founded by his brother-in-law, Rabbi Chaim Friedlander. He also served as a lecturer and supervisor for younger students at a yeshiva in Hamad for six years before returning to Torat Emet.

In addition to his educational work, Rabbi Gluskinus published Rabbi Yonah's commentary on the Book of Proverbs. He is survived by numerous children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, as well as thousands of students. The funeral procession departed from his home in Bnei Brak on Saturday night for burial in the Vizhnitz cemetery.