Yahrtzeits
Friday February 3, 2012 12:37 AM
Rabbeinu Nissim ben Reuven, the Ran (1308-1376), author of a commentary to the Talmud and a halachic commentary to the work of Rabbeinu Yitzchak Alfasi (the Rif ). His extant commentaries on the (more…)
Thursday February 2, 2012 12:17 AM
Rabbeinu Nissim ben Reuven, the Ran (1308-1376), author of a commentary to the Talmud and a halachic commentary to the work of Rabbeinu Yitzchak Alfasi (the Rif ). His extant commentaries on the (more…)
Wednesday February 1, 2012 12:18 AM
Rav Baruch ben Rav Shmuel of Pinsk (1834). In 1830, Rav Yisrael of Shklov, one of the closest of the disciples of the Vilna Gaon, began an effort to locate the “Ten Lost Tribes.” Rav Baruch ben Rav Shmuel of (more…)
Tuesday January 31, 2012 12:35 AM
Rav Dovid Biderman, the first Lelover Rebbe (1746-1814), son of Rav Shlomo Biderman. A close follower of the Chozeh of Lublin, he was known for his extraordinary compassion for, and inability to see (more…)
Monday January 30, 2012 12:04 AM
Rav Raphael Yom Tov Lipman Halpern of Bialystock, the Oneg Yom Tov (1816-1879)
Rav Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum of Sighet, the Atzei Chaim (1879-1926), oldest son of Rav Chananya Yom (more…)
Sunday January 29, 2012 12:26 AM
Rav Chaim Dovid Chazan, Rishon L’tzion (1869)
Rav Shalom Shachna Yelin, Rav of Bielsk and author of Yefeh Einayim (1874). Bielsk is a town, 52 km (more…)
Friday January 27, 2012 4:15 AM
By Dayan Dr. I. Grunfeld
The yahrtzeit of the renowned Gaon Rav Yechiel Yaacov Weinberg stirs up memories of a remarkable epoch (more…)
Friday January 27, 2012 12:23 AM
Asher ben Yaakov Avinu
Rav Menachem Mendel Krochmahl of Nikolsburg, the Tzemach Tzedek (~1600-1661). He (more…)
Thursday January 26, 2012 12:45 AM
Asher ben Yaakov Avinu
Rav Menachem Mendel Krochmahl of Nikolsburg, the Tzemach Tzedek (~1600-1661). He (more…)
Wednesday January 25, 2012 12:18 AM
Rav Nota of Chelm, the Neta Shaahuim (1812)
Rav Moshe Schick, the Maharam Shick (1807-1879). His “last name” was created by his family in (more…)
