Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 6 Tammuz
Rav Yisrael Yaakov Algazi, grandson of Rav Shlomo Algazi, author of Yavin Shemua. He served the Sephardic community of Yerushalayim, replacing the batei Kehuna...
Audio: Rav Gifter zt”l, The Spokesman of Torah Jewry
As we've been reporting, today is the tenth yahrtzeit of the unforgettable Telshe rosh yeshiva, Rav Mordechai Gifter zt"l. We present two drashos...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 22 Cheshvan
Rav Yissachar Dov Rokeach, the third Belzer rebbe (1854-1926)
Rav Moshe Lima, author of Chelkas Mechokek. Early
in the 17th century, he was hired by the...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 11 Tammuz
Rav Yitzchak Chiyus (1616). Rav in Prossnitz (Prostejov) and Prague. Author of Pnei Yitzchak (which sets Yoreh Deah to rhyme), Siach Yitzchak (which sets...
Today’s Yahrtzeit and History – 18 Tammuz
Rav Yehuda Halevi Eidel of Slonim (1805). Born in Zamosc, Galicia, in 1757 or 1759. His most famous work was Afikei Yehuda. His chidushim...
Rav Elchonon Wasserman zt”l Hy”d, On His Yahrtzeit, Today
Like a lofty mountain, Reb Elchonon towered over his talmidim - physically, mentally and spiritually. When scaling a mountain, one begins at the bottom,...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 21 Tammuz
Rav Shlomo of Chelm (1717-1781). Born in Zamosc, he became Rav of Chelm and Lvov (Lemberg). author of Merkevet Hamishnah, a work which is considered...
Rav Yechezkel Levenstein zt”l, Mashgiach of Mir and Ponevezh, On His 37th Yahrtzeit, Today
There is scarcely a yeshiva today whose leaders have not been influenced to one degree or another, by the strong yet gentle character and...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 15 Cheshvan
Mattisyahu ben Yochanan, Kohen Godol, father of the Chasmonaim (138 BCE, or 165)
Rav Eliezer ben Yitzchak ibn Archa (1651). Born in Tzefas, he moved...
Today’s Yahrzteits – 21 Cheshvan
Rav Dovid ben Zimra, the Radbaz (1480-1573). Arriving in Tzefas as a child after the Spanish expulsion, he emigrated to Egypt in 1514. Shortly...
Rav Shimshon Dovid Pincus zt”l, On His 11th Yahrtzeit, Today
There was a fire burning perpetually within the heart of HaRav Shimshon Pincus zt'l. It was a restless fire, constantly moving and flickering in...
Rav Chaim Leib Shmulevitz zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today, 3 Teves
By Eliahu Meir Klugman
The scene: The third level lecture in Reb Shimon Shkop's yeshivah in Grodno.
Reb Shimon has just tested the students. Before...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 8 Kislev
Rav Moshe, author of Mahadura Basra, printed at the back of Gemara (1668)
Rav Eliyahu ben Yehuda Kovo (1630-1688). The son-in-law of Rav Moshe Chaim,...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 21 Kislev
Shimon ben Yaakov Avinu (1566-1446 B.C.E.)
Rav Tzvi Pesach Frank, rav of Yerushalayim (1873-1961). He was born in Lithuania and was a student of Rav...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 8 Tammuz
Rav Meir Horowitz of Dzikov (Tarnobrzeg), author of Imrei Noam, grandson of Rav Naftali, the Ropshitzer Rov. One of his sons, R' Tuvia Horowitz,...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and Elul – 15 Elul
Rav Chanoch Henach Eiges of Vilna, author of Marcheshes. Learned under Rav Alexander Moshe Lapidus at his Kollel in Rassein.
Rav Yaakov Koppel Chassid, the...
Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today, 3 Elul
Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz zt"l was born in the town of Willig in Hungary in 1886 into a family of Sanzer chassidim. At a...
Today’s Yahrzteits and History – 24-25 Shevat
Yahrtzeits - 24 Shevat
Rav Shaul Halevi Mortorah, Av Beis Din of Amsterdam, author of Givat Shaul (1660)
Rav Avraham Yechiel of Halberstadt, author of Nezer...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 14 Cheshvan
Rav Yehuda Lowy, grandfather of the Maharal (1539)
Rav Leib Baal HaYisurim in Tzefas (1836)
Rav Aharon Weiss of Benedkwits (1851-1932). At the age of 20,...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 23 Cheshvan
Rav Aharon Katzenellenbogen of Brisk, author of Minchas Aharon (1854).
Rav Moshe Midner of Slonim-Baranowitz, a grandson of the Yesod Ha'avodah and a talmid of...
