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Rabbi Jacobs is the author of seven non-fiction books, including acclaimed works on difficult areas of practical Talmudic law, in use worldwide. For over a decade, he acted as the Tel Aviv University campus chaplain (Chabad).
Rabbi Jacobs is the legal authority for numerous popular web sites.
Jacobs was the first American ordained by the head rabbis of Israel. He holds a PhD (equivalency) from the Israel Dept. of Religion, and completed training as a Rabbinic attorney.
He served as a lieutenant in an Israel army combat engineering unit, on active duty during the entire Gulf War.
Rabbi Jacobs retired from the Israel Prison Service in 2005, where he was the only American staff officer, a Major, serving as a prison chaplain and hand-to-hand combat instructor.
In 2006, he was awarded an eighth degree Master Instructor certificate in Los Angeles, CA.
He lives in Kfar Chabad, a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel, with his wife and family.