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A poster entitled "A vigorous protest" written by students of Yeshivot in Bnai Brak protesting against the undermining the authority of R. Yaakov Landau, the [former] Chief Rabbi in Bnai Brak, by a group from Jerusalem.
First, some "askanim" dared to grant... to a company called Fromin, in our city, and to harm with this the exclusive authority of...R. Landau...
R. Landau removed the kashrut approval from this company.
The Haredi residents of Bnai Brak supported the authority of R. Landau against those who to harm and to subvert his authority. R. Yaakov b. Moshe Landau, was born in Kurenets in 1893.He became the Rabbi of Kurenets after his father passed away in 1913.During the First world war he traveled deep into Russia ( to Rostov,the Chabad center was there during those years). In 1935 he left the area to live in Palestine.
Many see the efforts of R. Yaakov Landau, who served as the chief rabbi of Bnei Brak for many years (1936-1986), as instrumental in the fact that Bnei Brak developed into an important religious city. His son, Reb Moshe Leib Landau succeeded him as head of the Beth Din of Bnei Brak after he passed away on February 5th, 1986 . |
