On Thursday evening, Khal Birchos Yaakov (176 Village Path), located in the Laurel in the Pines community, held a hachtara for Rav Yechiel Wolf, who has been appointed as the first Rov of the shul. The event took place at the Bais Horrah of Lakewood (401 Madison Ave).
In attendance were Rav Yisrael Neuman, Rosh Yeshivas Bais Medresh Govoah; Rav Avremel Katz, Rosh Yeshivas Pe’er Yisroel; Rav Yosef Jacobovits, Rav Of Beis Medrash D’Howell; the kehilla of Khal Birchos Yaakov and many of Rav Wolf’s talmidim from Bais Medrash Govoah.
The Laurel in the Pines kehillah, which is just a block away from Bais Medresh Govoah, is home to many veteran talmidim of the yeshiva, as well as a number of younger yungerleit.
Rav Wolf, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, spent his mesivta and early bais medrash years at Yeshivas Ner Yisrael. He then continued on to Eretz Yisrael to Yeshivas Kodshim, where he became one of the early talmidim of Rav Tzvi Kaplan.
After spending several years at Yeshivas Kodshim in Kollel under his rebbe muvak, Rav Wolf returned to America, where he opened and led a chaburah in Bais Medresh Govoah for over 15 years. Recently this past Elul, he assumed the position of R”M at Yeshivas Pe’er Yisroel.
