Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 5 Nissan
Rav Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apt, the Ohev Yisrael (1755-1825). He learned under Rav Elimelech of Lizhensk and Rav Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov. In...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 7 Kislev
Rav Dovid Sinzheim of Strasbourg, France (1745-1812). He served as President of the "Sanhedrin" established by Napolean, the first meeting of which occurred on...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 11-12 Nissan
Yahrtzeits, Friday, 11 Nissan
Rav Moshe ben Nachman, the Ramban, (1194-1270). Born in Gerona, he remained there most of his life. He was a...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 12-13 Tishrei
Rav Avraham Malach, the son of the Mezritcher Maggid (1741-1776). R. Avraham learned Kabbalah from the Maggid and the revealed...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 6 Elul
Rav Moshe Mintz, author of Sha'alos U'teshuvos Maharam Mintz. His teacher was Rav Yaakov Weil, the Mahari Weil, Rav of Augsburg and Erfurt (d....
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 8 Adar
Rav Shmuel Dovid Ungar of Neitra, a descendent of Don Yitzchak Abarbanel.
Rav Gershon of Lotzk, a talmid of the Mezritcher Maggid (1788).
Rav Aryeh Leib...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 5 Tishrei
Birth and yahrtzeit of Naftali ben Yaakov Avinu, 1566 BCE (or 1435 BCE according to others)
Rav Naftali HaKohen Katz of Lublin (1645). Grandfather and...
Rav Simcha Avrohom Hakohein Sheps zt”l Upon His Yahrtzeit, 16 MarCheshvan
By Rabbi Binyomin Zev Karman
Rav Simcha Avrohom Sheps zt”l was born on April 18, 1908, in the Polish town of Vesokov-Mizivyetsk, near Lomza. Rav...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 5-6-7 Sivan
Yahrtzeits - 5 Sivan
Rav Ze'ev Wolf of Zhitomer, the Ohr Hameir (1797)
-Rav Chaim Yaakov Safran, Kamorna Admor
-Rav Eliyahu of Ziditchov (1875)
-Rav Uri Shraga Kellerman,...
Maran Rav Elazar Menachem Man Shach zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today, 16 Cheshvan
He was the Sar HaTorah, the Rosh Kol Bnai HaGolah. The yochid b'doro whose passing left no other like him in the generation and...
Rav Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today, 17 Tammuz
By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
I first met my mechutan, Rav Yaakov Weinberg, long before he was the famous Rav Yaakov. I was a boy of...
The Maharsha: Rav Shmuel Eliezer Halevi Eidels zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today
In 1492, when King Ferdinand of Spain ordered his Jewish subjects to "convert or get out," one of the most glorious periods...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 9 Nissan
Rav Yosef Yozfe Norlingen (1637), author of Yosef Ometz.
Rav Yaakov Tzvi Yalish (Yolles) of Dinov, the Melo Haro'im {Malei Roim} (1778-1825). He was born...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 19-20 Iyar
Rav Meir ben Baruch, the Maharam MiRottenberg, teacher of the Rosh, (1215-1293). In 1286, Rudolf of Germany wanted to institute...
Maran Harav Yaakov Kamenetsky zt”l, On His 25th Yahrtzeit, Tomorrow, 29 Adar
In Koloshova, the family of R' Binyomin Kamenetsky was not particularly distinguished. A Torah-observant home where the father worked and earned ...
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,...
Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l, On His 48th Yahrtzeit, Today
By Rabbi Shaul Kagan
Rav Aharon Kotler was born in Sislovitz, White Russia, in 5652 (1891) and passed away in New York City, on 2...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 4 Av
Rav Menachem Azariah deFano (from Pano), Italian mekubal, known as the Rema miPano (1548-1620).
Rav Benzion Halberstam of Bobov (1874-1942). Born in Bokovosk, Galicia ,...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 5-6 Tishrei
Birth and yahrtzeit of Naftali ben Yaakov Avinu, 1566 BCE (or 1435 BCE according to others)
Rav Naftali HaKohen Katz of Lublin (1645). Grandfather and...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 12 Teves
Rav Moshe Margulies, author of Pnei Moshe on the Yerushalmi (1781)
Rav Moshe of Pshevorsk, author of Ohr Pnei Moshe . (1805)
Rav Mordechai Chaim Kastelantiz...
