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29 Years to the Passing of Rabbi Yosef Goldberg

Today, the 22nd of Sivan, marks the twenty ninth yohrtzeit of Rabbi Yosef Goldberg OBM, who served as the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France for over 40 years.

The following photos were sent in by the family Reb Yoske, one was taken on the 18th of Kislev 1968 at the wedding of his son – Rabbi Yaakov Goldberg who serves as the Rosh Yeshiva of Hadr Hatorah.

The other photo was taken on the 6th of Tishrei 1983 by a photographer from the National Geographic Magazine at a Farbrengen in 770. It is the last photo of Reb Yoske before his passing.

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7 Comments

  • math

    The yeshiva was founded in 1947, he was the Rosh Yeshiva for nearly 40 years.

  • moshe with # 19

    does the torah world know that he was a mighty talmid chacham and gaon why not tell them

  • What a Beard

    What a beautiful beard! Amazing that with all he did he never got smicha. As told to me and others in public by his son, Rabbi Ya’akov Goldberg, Reb. Yosef intentionally avoided getting smicha so that he wouldn’t be pressured to become the Rav of a town.

  • Dovid

    Rabbi Yakov Goldberg (his son)is Rosh yeshiva of hadar Torah , going in 46 yrs I believe

  • a talmit from brunoy wrote

    to #2 the rebbe send him to a big misnagdishe yeshiva in England to show them that lubavitch knows haw to learn

  • Sholom

    I had the zchus of learning with his son, may he have a long life, at Hadar Hatorah. May the memory of the righteous be for a blessing.