Yahrtzeits
Wednesday May 16, 2012 12:14 AM
Simcha HaKohen of Worms was slain by Crusaders in a church for stabbing the bishop’s nephew after he had pretended to submit to baptism (1096) (more…)
Tuesday May 15, 2012 12:19 AM
Rav (Moshe) Yehoshua Heschel of Dinov (1813). A talmid of Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev and Rav Moshe Leib of Sassov, he served as Av Beis Din of Dinov for twenty years. Among his Chassidim were (more…)
Monday May 14, 2012 12:23 AM
Rav Shlomo Eliezer Alfandri, the Maharsha Alfandri (1820-1930). Born in Istanbul, Rav Shlomo Eliezer served as the chief rabbi in Istanbul, Damascus, and subsequently in Tzefas for 20 years. He (more…)
Sunday May 13, 2012 12:40 AM
Rav Yitzchak Eizik Segal, author of Raza Meihemna (1783).
-Rav Yaakov Yosef Hakohen Rabinowitz (1873-1902). The son of the Chessed L’Avraham of (more…)
Friday May 11, 2012 12:19 AM
Rav Meir ben Baruch, the Maharam MiRottenberg, teacher of the Rosh, (1215-1293). In 1286, Rudolf of Germany wanted to institute a new tax on the Jews of Germany. The Jews objected to this tax.
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Thursday May 10, 2012 1:20 AM
There are several reasons for the simcha of Lag Ba’omer:
1) On Lag Ba’omer the talmidim of Rebbi Akiva stopped dying. (Mishna Brurah 493:MB8) (more…)
Thursday May 10, 2012 12:25 AM
Lag Ba’omer, yahrtzeit of Rav Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Holy Zohar, and a disciple of Rabbi Akiva. After Rabbi Akiva was murdered by the Romans, Rav Shimon bar Yochai, together with his son
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Wednesday May 9, 2012 1:45 AM
Rav Nissin Lipa Alpert was born in 1927 in Polanka, a small shtetl in Poland. He was named after his maternal grandfather, Rav Nisson Lipa Joselowitz, rosh yeshiva in Lazday, Poland, and later the Rav of (more…)
Wednesday May 9, 2012 1:11 AM
Rav Yechezkel Landau, the Rav of Prague, was known by the name of his sefer Noda B’Yehuda. During his time he was the source par excellence to whom people turned for practical advice, and even until today his (more…)
