Rav Abba Berman zt”l, On His Seventh Yahrtzeit, Today, 3 Iyar
Rav Abba Mordechai Berman zt"l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Iyun HaTalmud, had the merit of learning firsthand from the Torah...
Today’s Yahrtzeit and History – 16 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, 25 Elul
R. Elazar son of R. Shimon bar Yochai (102 CE)
Rav Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov (1721-1786). The son of son of Rabbi Yitzchak of Drohovitch,...
The Chazon Ish zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Tomorrow, 15 Cheshvan
By Rav Aaron Brafman
There is ever so much that one can learn from a close association with great men. Our Chazal tell us that...
Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today
Both Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein, the Rosh Yeshiva in Slabokda and later in Chevron, and his brother in law and Chavrusa in Kollel, Rav...
Rebbetzin Zahava Braunstein a”h, On Her Yahrtzeit, Today, 25 Adar
Today, 25 Adar, is the yahrtzeit of the renowned educator, Rebbetzin Zahava Braunstein ע"ה. Thousands around the globe were touched by the life, words,...
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 and History – 17-18 Shevat
Yahrtzeits - 17 Shevat
Rav Chaim Palagi (Palagi), Rav of Izmir (1788-1858). Rav Chaim derived much of his Torah knowledge from ...
Audio: Rav Gifter: “Diversity in Orthodoxy” & the Greatness of Maran Rav Shach
In honor of Rav Mordechai Gifter's 10th yahrtzeit, we present one of his classic drashos, titled "Diversity in Orthodoxy." Noteworthy is Rav Gifter's...
Shlomo Carlebach, 17 Years Since His Passing
Shlomo Carlebach was born on January 14, 1925 in Berlin and died on October 20, 1994. Today, 16 Cheshvan, is his yahrtzeit.
Shlomo is considered...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 10 Elul
Rav Yitzchak Friedman, the first Rebbe of Bohush (1834-1896). The eldest grandchild of the Ruzhiner, Reb Yitzchak was only a year younger than the...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 13 Adar
Rav Yehuda (ben Shmuel) HeChasid, author of Sefer Chasidim (1150-1217). His father (1120-1175), led a famous yeshiva in Speyer,...
The Belzer Rebbe, Rav Aharon Rokeach zt”l, Upon His Yahrtzeit, Today, 21 Av
Rav Aharon Rokeach zt"l was the fourth rebbe of the Belzer dynasty. He led the chassidus from 1926 until his passing in 1957. Rav...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History, 18 Elul
Rav Yehuda Loew, the Maharal (1525-1609). Born in Posen, Poland, on the night of the Pesach Seder, to a distinguished family of rabbis that...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 9-10 Iyar
Yahrtzeits - 9 Iyar
Rav Avigdor Kara, Rav of Prague and author of Hahanek Hakaneh Hagadol (1439)
Rav Yitzchak Bernays (Barneis) (1792-1849). Born in Mainz, Germany,...
Today’s Yartzeits and History – 25 Sivan
Rav Shimon ben Gamliel, Rav Yishmael ben Elisha Cohen Gadol, Rav Chanina S'gan Cohanim, of the Ten Martyrs killed by the Romans (115 CE),...
The Steipler Gaon zt”l, On His 28th Yahrtzeit, Today, 23 Av
Rav Yaakov Yisroel Kanievsky, known as The Steipler Gaon, lived from 1899 to 1985, and was from the gedolei Torah of the last century....
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 2 Tammuz
Birth and yahrtzeit of Yosef ben Yaakov Avinu (1561-1451 BCE).
Rav Shmuel ben Yechiel of Cologne, killed by Crusaders.
-Rav Nachman of Horodenka, one of the...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 14 Iyar
Rav Meir Baal Haness (121 CE). A descendant of proselytes, Rav Meir was a talmid of Rebbi Akiva, Rabbi Yishmael, and Elisha ben Avuyah....
Today’s Yahrtzeits and Teves – 13 Teves
Rav Moshe ben Dovid Biderman, the Lelover Rebbe (1776-1850 or 1851). Born in abject poverty, he married Rachel Rivka, a daughter of the Yid...
