Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Galinsky (; 8 January 1921 - 23 January 2014)J2G (Jewish to Gregorian) output for 04/04/5681 (4 Teves 5681) is 1920/12/15 (Jan. 23, '14) was described as "a scion of Yeshivas Novardok in Bialystok, and one of the last maggidim remaining in our generation."
Galinsky, described as "diminutive in stature but towering in personality ... kept crowds enthralled" was once told that since so many people are dreaming of the future, his job as Maggid (in his travels to "immigrant communities throughout Eretz Yisroel") should not be to give them Mussar but rather to wake them up, and each will do his part.
Biography He was born "5681/1921 in Krinek, Poland" to Devorah and Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Galinsky.
Galinsky's first yeshiva, Yeshivas Novardok in Bialystok, had only "a few shelves" of reference texts, so people waited in line and, while waiting, sharpened their understanding.Hamodia interview, "several years ago."
In 1939, with others of the yeshiva, he fled but was captured by Russia and exiled to Siberia. Upon release he "traveled to Zambul, Kazakhstan, in Eastern Russia" and helped found a Jewish school in which he taught.
He married Tzivia Brod, a daughter of a Breslover Chassid; in 1949, they came to Israel, where Galinsky helped found a yeshiva.
Upon his passing, 15 days after his 93rd birthday, his survivors included "children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.""2 sons predeceased him."
Published works Vehigadeta - a series of works available in the original Hebrew and also English translation.credit: HaRav Sholom Meir Wallach, who "collected.." Golinsky's "sichos and droshos." LehaggidHe didn't write either the Hebrew work LeHaggid or its English translation From the Maggidim of Yesteryear but the Galinksy's spoken "inspiration and wisdom" are supporting parts of both.
References
Rav Yaakov Galinsky - The Legendary Maggid with the Fiery Spirit of Novardik, by Rebbetzin G. Lehrer, Feldheim,