Yaakov Moshe Hillel

He was born in Mumbai, India to Moshe Hillel (grandson of Rabbi Avraham Hillel who served as a rabbi in Iraq). He lived in England, studied at the Gateshead Yeshiva, and later immigrated to Israel and studied at the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, where he became a Talmid Muvhak of Rav Shach.{{cite news |work=Kol Hazman כל הזמן (All The Time)

|url=http://www.KolHazman.co.il/314026

|title=Ohayv Shalom - צייר שהפך לגאון מקובל}}

He married Ziona, daughter of Rabbi Yitzhak Ohana, who was the chief rabbi of Kiryat Shmona.

After marrying, he studied at the Dayan and Rabbinical Training Institute established by Rishon Lezion, Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim, and at the Harry Fishel Institute.{{cite web | url=https://www.kolhazman.co.il/314026 | title=אוהב שלום / הצייר שהפך לגאון מקובל | date=16 June 2018 }} Among other things, he learned the basics of Kabbalah from Rabbi Mordechai Attia (the grandfather).

Among the organizations he created are:

• A yeshiva named Ahavat Shalom in the early 1970s, at which he began his daily classes in Kabbalah. Ahavat Shalom is the third biggest Yeshivah in the world, after Lakewood's and Mir.
• Used his English-speaking background to facilitate his Kiruv work.
• Founded a girl's seminary, Bnos Elisheva, in 2002.Hebrew Wiki article: {{cite web

|url=https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A8_%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%A2

|title=Bnos Elisheva}}

He has 19 children. Prior to marrying, he was an artist, hence the title of Kol Hazman's biography: From Artist/Painter to Genius Kabbalist."

Many of the titles that use the word Yam ({{langx|he|ים}} or י"ם) refer to Hillel's initials, Yud Mem (for Yaakov Moshe). Similarly, HaYam adds the letter Hay (ה), for Hillel.

His books{{Cite web|url=https://seforimcenter.com/HEBREW-Books/Kabbalah/Rabbi-Yaakov-Moshe-Hillel-Ahavat-Shalom__c-p-0-0-73-77-209.aspx|title=Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Hillel (Ahavat Shalom) | Seforim Center}} are:

• (5754) VaYaShav HaYam - She'elot U'Teshuvot{{cite book

|title=She'elot U'Teshuvot - Vayeshev HaYam: Volumes 1 & 2 |quote={{langx|he|וישב הים}}

|url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=5939.gif}} (3 volume set; volume 3: 5772) - Volume 1 is about practical yet technical aspects of writing Torah scrolls and Tefillin.

• (5772) VaYaShav HaYam (Volume 3) - She'elot U'Teshuvot{{cite book

|title=She'elot U'Teshuvot - Vayeshev HaYam, Volume #3 |quote={{langx|he|וישב הים}}

|url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=7366.gif}} - Practical aspects, foundational issues, Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law)

• (5760) HaVayn BeChochma (understand with wisdom){{cite book

|title=Haven B'Chachma |quote={{langx|he|הבן בחכמה}}

|url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=10608.jpg}}volume 1 published 5760, volume 2 5776, volume 3 also published 5776 - (3 volumes) Articles and Notes on Kabbalah Theory and Intention of the Rash

• (5765) Aid HaGaL HaZeh{{cite book

|title=Ed HaGal HaZeh |quote={{langx|he|עד הגל הזה}}

|url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=2619.jpg}} - about Lag BaOmer and Rashbi (Rabbi Shimon bar YoChai)

• (5768) Aspaklariya DeNahara{{cite web |url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=4602.gif

|title=Aspaklaria de Nahara |quote={{langx|he|אספקלריא דנהר"א}} |author=Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Hillel}} - Annotation on the Preface of the River Streets of the Rash. Contains two commentaries: one called "Nahara uPashta" and the other named "MayAmKay HaYam."

• (5771) GeVurot Ha-Ari{{cite book

|title=Gevurat HaAri |quote={{langx|he|גבורת הארי}}

|url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=6288.gif}} - Answers and Articles on resolving halachic and Kabalistic disputes

• (5772) GaLay HaYam{{cite book

|title=Galei HaYam al Shaar HaKavanot |quote={{langx|he|גלי הים}}

|url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=7345.gif}} - about the morning prayers in the synagogue (and praying with devotion)

• (5772) Sefat HaYam ({{langx|he|שפת הים}}) - a seven volume set:The Hebrew wiki says that these are commentaries about writings of the Ari and Rashash (R'Shalom Sharabi)
• Sefat HaYam: Rosh HaShanah,Sukkot & Shavuot{{cite book

|title=Sefat HaYam: Rosh HaShanah, Sukkot & Shavuot

|url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=533.jpg}}

• Sefat HaYam: Sefirat HaOmer{{cite book

|title=Sefat HaYam: Sfirat HaOmer

|url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=2344.jpg}}

• Sefat HaYam: Seuda & Birkat HaNeHeNin{{cite book

|title=Sefat HaYam: Seuda & Birkat HaNeHeNin

|url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=10917.gif}}

::::: Topics of the other four volumes include ShoVaVim,The weeks of Shmos thru MishPaTim Chanukah and Purim.

• (5777) Ruach HaYam{{cite book

|title=Ruach HaYam - Drashot u'Maamarim |quote={{langx|he|רוח חיים}}

|url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=11731.gif}} - assorted conversations and articles (22 chapters): Kiruv, Peter Chamor, laws dealing with a new Sefer Torah, the mitzvah of Torah study, preventing desecration of graves, proper inspection of Torah scrolls & Tefillin.Note: Hebrew Wiki's description (3 volumes: conversations and articles on the High Holidays, Passover and Shavuot) doesn't match table of content from LOOK INSIDE.

• Ruach HaYam - Hespedim (eulogies): a same-year publication of Divrei Hesped for Rav Shach, Rav Elyashiv, and 11 others. Also has 4 more chapters done in honor/in memory of.one is for his late father
• (5778) Pe'At HaYam al Shaar HaKaVaNot{{cite book

|title=Pe'at HaYam al Shaar HaKavanot |quote={{langx|he|פאת הים}}

|url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=12241.gif}} - writings about Passover, the counting of the Omer, and Shavuot.

• (57xx)no date @ cited URL PeTach Shaar HaShamayim & Binyan Ariel{{cite book

|title=PeTach Shaar HaShamayim & Binyan Ariel |quote={{langx|he|פתח שער השמים}}

|url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=11552.gif}} - about studying Kabbalah (who should, how, when)

• (57xx/74)no date @ cited URL for volumes 1-4; volume 5 has [https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=8964.gif 5774] Shorshei HaYam at Etz Chaim (5 volumes)

|url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=8272.jpg

|title=Shorshei HaYam at Etz Chaim |quote={{langx|he|שרשי הים}} - teachings based on Chaim Vital's Etz Chaim.

• Faith and Folly: The Occult in Torah Perspective{{cite book

|title=Faith and Folly: The Occult in Torah Perspective

|author=Yaakov Moshe Hillel |year=1990 |publisher=Feldheim Publishers |isbn=0873065360}} was originally published in Hebrew as ''Tamim Tiheyeh ({{langx|he|תמים תהיה}}).{{cite book

|url=https://www.biblio.com/book/faith-folly-occult-torah-perspective-hillel/d/864654514

|title=Faith and Folly: The Occult in Torah Perspective

|publisher=Feldheim Publishers}}

• Ascending Jacob's Ladder{{cite book |publisher=ArtScroll

|title=Ascending Jacob's Ladder |year=2007

|url=https://www.artscroll.com/Products/AJLH.html

|author=Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Hillel |isbn=978-1422602270}} - a collection of essays on basic Jewish topics (Shabbat/Holidays, Prayers, Torah study), based on "Midrash, Mussar, and Kabbalah."

• Roni Akarah: A Guide for the Childless{{cite book

|author=Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Hillel

|isbn=978-1602802919 |year=2016

|title=Roni Akarah: A Guide for the Childless}}

• (EDITOR) The Ben Ish Hai: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Yosef Hayym{{cite book

|editor=Yaakov Moshe Hillel |isbn=978-9659169337

|title=The Ben Ish Hai: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Yosef Hayym

|year=2018 |publisher=KTAV Publishing House}}

• Ascending The Path (5 Vol.) on Mesillat Yesharim. It clarifies and defines the relevance of the Mesillat Yesharim to our daily lives and includes many new concepts and explanations to aid the reader's progress along the path of the just.Ascending The Path (5 Vol.) [Mesillat Yesharim] Hardcover – January 2, 2017 by Rabbi Yaakov Hillel (Author)[https://smile.amazon.com/Ascending-Path-Vol-Mesillat-Yesharim/dp/1602802904?sa-no-redirect=1] {{ISBN|978-1602802902}}

He also edited works, based on existing manuscripts, on various Halachic topics:

• Bein ZroOs Olam ({{langx|he|בין זרועות עולם}}) - regarding positioning of a bed
• Oter Yisroel BeSifAra ({{langx|he|עוטר ישראל בתפארה}}) - regarding Rashi and Rabbeinu Tam's Tefillin; whether they may both be worn simultaneously.
• VaYaTzetz Tzitz ({{langx|he|ויצץ ציץ}}) - Kabbalistic view on having the fringes of the "minor" Talis (Arba Kanfot/Talis Katan) should be visible.
• Yismach Moshe ({{langx|he|ישמח משה}}) - regarding laws of mourning.

Hillel oversees publication of works published by his yeshiva, including Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler's novellae on the Talmud, with an introduction written by Hillel.{{cite web

|url=http://www.toviapreschel.com/rabbi-e-e-desslers-novellae-on-the-talmud

|title=Rabbi E.E. Dessler's Novellae on the Talmud|date=3 May 2015 }}

In an article about Hillel's 3 volume set "Kitvuni LeDorot"{{cite book

|title=Shivchei HaAri / HaAri U'GuRav / Kitvuni L'Dorot

|quote={{langx|he|כתבוני לדורות}}

|url=https://seforimcenter.com/showScannedImages.aspx?pfile=9040.jpg}} {{ill|Yosef Avivi|he|יוסף אביב"י}} alleged that large parts of the book were plagiarized from Avivi's book Binyan Ariel,{{cite journal |last=Avivi |first=Yosef |year= |title=עץ חיים, פרי עץ חיים ונוף עץ חיים מאת רבי חיים ויטל |trans-title= |url=https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=26486&st=&pgnum=83 |language=he |journal=Tzfunot |number=17 |at=Tishrei 5753, pp. 85-86 footnote 5 |doi= |access-date=}} not to be confused with Hillel's book of the same name.

As a Sephardic sage,{{cite news

|newspaper=The Jewish Star (New York) (TheJewishStar.com)

|url=http://www.thejewishstar.com/stories/sephardic-sage-visits-darchei,12648

|title=Sephardic sage visits Darchei |date=February 1, 2017}}current age: {{A.y|1945|08|29|round=0}}. Sage: Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers), 5:25 (.. 50, 60, 70 ..) he has been visiting Yeshiva Darchei Torah (Far Rockaway)a large largely Ashkenaz Yeshiva that also has a sizeable number of Sephardi students since 2004.

• [http://www.academia.edu/913898/The_Boundaries_of_the_Kabbalah_R._Yaakov_Moshe_Hillel_and_the_Kabbalah_in_Jerusalem_Kabbalah_and_Contemporary_Spiritual_Revival_ed._Boaz_Huss_Beer_Sheva_2011_pp._163-180 The Boundaries of the Kabbalah: R. Yaakov Moshe Hillel and the Kabbalah in Jerusalem - Jonatan Meir]

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• photo of Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Hillel (Hebrew Wikipedia)

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