Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 1 Tammuz
Rav Klonymos Kalman Halevi Epstein of Cracow, the Maor Vashemesh (1823). One of the most celebrated of the followers of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk,...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 4 Tammuz
Rav Yaakov ben Meir (Rabbeinu Tam). The most famous of Rav Meir ben Shmuel's sons, one of Rashi's grandsons. He studied under his father...
The Manchester Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Yehuda Zev Segal zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today
It is said that Rav Yehuda Zev Segal underwent a marked transformation in his outlook and behavior at the age of 8....
Rav Dovid Kronglass zt”l, Upon His Yahrtzeit, Today
By Yisroel Feldman
The petirah of the Mashgiach, Rav Dovid Kronglass, was an extremely special event for me for a number of reasons. First of...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 17 Tammuz
Chur, son of Kalev and Miriam, killed by the erev rav for his protest against making the Egel. (1309 or 1312 BCE)
Rav Shimon Moshe...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 10 Tammuz
Rav Binyamin Levy of Smyrna (1721)
Rav Mordecai of Kremnitz (1813). One of the five sons of the Magid of Zlotchov (Rav Yechiel Michel). One...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 20 Tammuz
Rav Nosson Nata (ben Moshe) Hanover (1683). A talmid of the Maharshal, he was the author of Yaven Hametzula and Shaarei Tzion, a popular kabalistic...
Today: 111th Yahrtzeit of Rav Yaakov Yosef zt”l, New York’s Only Chief Rabbi
Thousands will participate today in visiting and davening at the kever of Rav Yaakov Yosef in the Union Field Cemetery, located at 82-11 Cypress...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 22 Tammuz
Rav Shmuel ben Yoel ibn Shuiv, Rav in the Aragonese community of Salonica (1528). His father, who was born in Spain and moved to Salonica...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 14 Tammuz
Rav Yosef Trani, the Maharit (1568-1639). Born in Safed, he married to a descendant of Rav Yosef Caro, but fled Safed due to plague...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 27 Teves
Rav Shamshon Raphael Hirsch, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (1808-1888). His father, Rav Raphael Aryeh (1777-1857), who changed the family name to Hirsch, was the...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 26 Cheshvan
Rav Shlomo Segal, Av Beis Din Polna'ah and Lvov, he authored MiBeis Levi (1638)
Rav Raphael Hoken of Hamburg (1723-1803). Born in Liphland to Rav...
Rav Yisroel Zev Gustman zt”l, On His 23rd Yahrtzeit, Today, 28 Sivan
Rav Yisroel Zev Gustman was born in Tammuz of 1908 in the town of Skolka near...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 3 Av
Rav Shimshon of Astropolia, along with 10,000 Jews of Polana, died al kiddush Hashem, in the Chmielnicki massacres (1648).
Rav Shimshon Bachrach of Nicholsburg, son...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 28 Cheshvan
Rabbeinu Yonah (ben Avraham) of Gerondi, France(1200 -1263). The Ramban's mother and Rabbeinu Yonah's father were siblings. Many years later, the Ramban's son, Rav...
The Rogatchover Gaon zt”l: Genius in a Generation of Giants, On His Yahrtzeit, Today
By Rav Yaakov Feitman
The obviously weary young woman tremulously entered the room. She had already been to all the "experts" - doctors, wet-nurses -...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 28 Tammuz
Rav Elazar of Lizhensk (1806). He was the oldest son of the Rebbe Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk. He put together his father's sefer, Noam...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 16 Cheshvan
Rav Elazar Menachem Man Shach (1894-2001). Born in Vaboilnick, Lithuania, and left for Ponevezh (38km away) at age 7. Learned at Slabodka under Rav...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 25 Tammuz
Rav Yosef Yitzchak Rottenberg, head of Belgian community
Rav Aharon Berachia ben Moshe of Modina (1639). A student of the Rema. He was the author...
The Bobover Rebbe, Rav Shlomo Halberstam zt”l, On His 11th Yahrtzeit
Today is the 11th yahrtzeit of the Bobover Rebbe, Rav Shlomo Halberstam (1908-2000), son of Rav Benzion, grandson of Rav Shlomo, founder...
