Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 18 Tammuz

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yahrtzeit-candlesRav Yehuda Halevi Eidel of Slonim (1805). Born in Zamosc, Galicia, in 1757 or 1759. His most famous work was Afikei Yehuda. His chidushim on Seder Toharos is considered indispensable for anyone studying this topic. He also published a book on Hebrew synonyms called Redifei Maya, and his first book, Safah le-Ne’emanim, a treatise on grammar, was what caught the attention of the Vilna Gaon.” He had five sons, all of whom became rabbis.

Rav Avraham (Maskileison) ben Yehudah Leib (1788-1848). He authored Maskil L’eisan (chidushim on parts of Moed and Kodoshim,), Be’er Avraham (chidushim on Shas), Nachal Eisan (chidushim on the first two parts of Rambam’s Yad Chazakah), and Yad Avraham (chidushim on Yoreh De’ah; notes on Sifre).

Rav Moshe Dovid Ashkenazi, Rav of Toltshova-Tzefas (1855).

Rav Yaakov Aryeh Guterman (1792-1874). A chasid of the Kozhnitzer Maggid, the Chozeh of Lublin, the Yid Hakadosh of Peshischa, and the Rebbe Reb Bunim of Peshischa, he took the mantle of leadership in Radzymin (Warsaw district) after the petira of the Vorka Rebbe in 1848. His divrei Torah were written in Bikkurei Aviv (on Chumash) and Divrei Aviv (on Midrash for Sefer Bereishis).

Rav Yehoshua of Tomoshov (1904)

Rav Chaim Meir Yechiel Shapiro (Naroler Rebbe) (1907-2007). He was a grandson of the Rav of Narol, and a descendant of the Sar Sholom, the first Belzer Rav. When he was a young child, his family fled to Kashuai in Hungary, where his grandfather re-established his court. The family returned to Narol in 1924. After his grandfather’s petirah, in a decision made by Gedolei Yisrael, Rav Chaim Meir was appointed Rav and Dayan in Narol despite his young age. He received heter horaah from the Beis Din in Lvov, and became a posek for Belzer chassidim. After the Nazi invasion in 1939, he fled with his family to Taprov, where his father-in-law lived, and stayed until the summer. In June, all Jews who didn’t have passports were seized by police and shipped to Siberia. The Naroler Rav’s family managed to leave Siberia and reach Samarkand where survival was easier. In 1945, the Rav was permitted to leave Russia and go to the west. In 1946, he arrived in Antwerp, and began to give shiurim to the Belzer chassidim who had arrived there. He was active among the refugees here too, helping marry off orphans and setting up their homes. In 1948, the Naroler Rav moved to Brooklyn. A Belzer beis medrash was founded, and the Naroler Rav was appointed at its head. He gave many shiurim among them, a shiur on Minchas Chinuch which he consistently gave for over 70 years. On Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, 1972, the Naroler Rebbe left America and settled in Bnei Brak, where he founded the Naroler beis medrash. The Rebbe leaves behind his son Rav Berish, Rav of Narol.

Today in History – 18 Tammuz

· Crusaders herded the Jews of Yerushalayim into a shul and set it aflame, 1099. All the Jews perished in the fire and for the 88 years of Crusader control of Yerushalayim, Jews were barred from the city.
· Louis IX decreed that all Jews must wear a distinctive yellow badge, 1269.
· Massacre of the Jewish community of Morgentheim, Austria, 1298.
· Jews saved in Candia (Crete) declare the day as Candia Purim, 1583.
· 41 Jews burned at the stake in Breslau, 1453. The remainder of the Jewish population was expelled.

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  1. the rebbes of both amshinov and ger carry his name and are his descendants.The amshinovers great grandmother was a gutterman(daughter of the last radzyminer gutterman)the gerrer rebbe great grandmother was also a gutterman(the lomazers wife)

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