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Rabbi Dov Yaffe
Personal
Born	June 1928 (1928-06) Vilna
Died	November 8, 2017 (aged 89)
Religion	Judaism
Spouse	Rivka
Yahrtzeit	19 Cheshvan, 5778

Dov Yaffe (Hebrew: דב יפה; 1928–2017) was a Polish-born Israeli rabbi, mashgiach, and leader of the Musar movement.

Youth

He was born at Vilna in June 1928. In 1935, at age 7, he moved with his parents to the Land of Israel and settled in Tel Aviv where he studied at Yeshivas Hayishuv Hachadash [he] and afterward at the Hebron, Ponevezh, and Slabodka yeshivos.^[1][2]

Career

He became the assistant to Rabbi Elyah Lopian at the Knesses Chizkiyahu yeshiva which relocated to Rekhasim in Northern Israel in 1955. While based in Rekhasim, he taught Musar to thousands of students in Knesses Chizkiyahu, in Karmiel, and in Kol Yaakov [he] in Jerusalem^[1][2]

Family

He was married to Rivka and had six children.^[1]

Final illness and death

Prior to his death, he was hospitalized at Laniado Hospital in Kiryat Sanz, Netanya. He died on November 8, 2017, at age 89.^[1][2]

Works

His writings were published in Divrei Chachamim and other s'farim.^[1]

References