Today’s Yahrtzeits & History - 22 Elul

Rav Mordechai Dov Ber of Hornesteipel, grandson of the Mitteler Rebbe, author of Haemek Sheelah (1903). (more…)

Today’s Yahrtzeits & History - 21 Elul

Rav Yehonasan Eybeshutz (1690-1764). Born in Cracow, he became head of the Prague yeshiva at the age of twenty-one. In 1741 he became Rabbi in Metz, and in 1750 he became Rabbi of (more…)

The Ponevezer Rov zt”l, On His 41st Yahrtzeit, Today, 20 Elul

By Dayan Moshe Swift

The Ponevezer Rav was known to the Torah world as a Master Builder. This appreciation, from a hesped delivered (more…)

Rav Elya Lopian zt”l, On His 40th Yahrtzeit, Today, 20 Elul

Rav Eliyohu Lopian zt”l (1872-1970) was among the most prominent leaders of the Mussar movement. As a disciple of the Kelm Talmud Torah method, he was known for his strict keeping of (more…)

Today’s Yahrtzeits & History - 20 Elul

Rav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman, Rosh Yeshiva of Ponovezh (1886-1969). Born in Kuhl, Lithuania, a small town of about 500 of which about a third were Jews. At the age of 14 he went to (more…)

Today’s Yahrtzeits & History - 19 Elul

Rav Yaakov of Orleans, one of the Baalei Tosefos and a student of Rabbeinu Tam, was killed with many other Jews in London during pogroms after the coronation of King Richard the Lion-Hearted, (more…)

The Maharal of Prague zt”l, On His 401st Yahrtzeit, Tomorrow, 18 Elul

Tomorrow is the 401st yahrtzeit of Rav Yehuda Lowy zt”l, the Maharal of Prague. The Maharal lived from 1525 to 1609. (more…)

Today’s Yahrtzeits & History - 17-18 Elul

Yahrtzeits, Friday, 17 Elul

Rav Chaim Benveniste (1603 [or 1599]-1673). A disciple of Rav Yosef Trani. Born in Constantinople, he was appointed Rav of Tita (near Izmir) in 1644. In 1658, he was appointed one of (more…)

Today’s Yahrtzeits & History - 16 Elul

Rav Avraham Landau, the Strikover Rebbe of Bnei Brak (1917-2001). Born in Kinov, in the Ostrovtze region of Poland. His father, Rav Yaakov Yitzchak Dan, served as rav of the city. (more…)