Rav Naftoli Trop zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today, Tzom Gedaliah

Rav Naftoli Trop zt"l (1871-1928) was the rosh yeshiva of the yeshiva in Radiń, Poland and one of the gedolei Torah of the early...

Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 18 Adar

Rav Alexander Ziskind, born in Brzhen, but lived most of his life in Horodna (Grodno, Belarus), Lithuania, the product of the teaching of Rav...

Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 7 Teves

Rav Moshe Dovid Walli (Vally; Vali) (1697-1777). The foremost talmid of Ramchal in Padua, Italy, he practiced as a physician...

Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 3-4 Kislev

Yahrtzeits - 3 Kislev Rav Meshulam YissascharAshkenazi of Stamford Hill, London, the Stanislaver Rebbe (1995). Rav Shilo Raphael, Av Bais Din of Yerushalayim Rav Yaakov Moshe...

Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 17 Teves

Rav Yaakov Krantz, Dubna Maggid (1741-1804). Born in a province of Vilna, Jacob ben Wolf Kranz showed exceptional homiletical and Kabbalistic talents...

Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 18-19 Nissan

Yahrtzeits, Friday, 18 Nissan Rav Meir Halevi Abulafia, the Yad Rama, 1244. Rav Meir Berlin, later Hebraized to Meir Bar-Ilan (1880-1949). Born in Volozhin, Lithuania,...

Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 6 Cheshvan

Rav Yehuda Hachosid, founder of the Churva shul in Yerushalayim (1700) Rav Shlomo Dovid Yehoshua Weinberg, the Admor Hatzair of Slonim (1943) Rav Yechiel Menachem of...

Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 23 Elul

Rav Yisrael of Pikov, son of Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1818) Rav Uri, the Seraph of Strelisk, author of Imrei Kodesh (1826). A disciple...

Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 6 Adar

Rav Shmuel ben Natronai, one of the Baalei Tosefos, was tortured and martyred (1197). Rav Daniel Prostitz (1759-1846). Rav of Pressburg and colleague of the...

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 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...

Dr. Joseph Kaminetsky zt”l, On His 12th Yahrtzeit, Tomorrow, 29 Adar

Dr. Joseph Kaminetsky, as the National Director of Torah Umesorah for 35 years and another six years as the active Director Emeritus,...

Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 24 Nissan

-Rav Moshe of Premishel, author of Mateh Moshe (1606) -Rav Chaim Menachem Heschel of Zhinkov (1837-1893). Succeeded his father, Rav Meshulam Zusya, and expanded the Chassidus...

Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 7 Teves

Rav Moshe Dovid Walli (Vally; Vali) (1697-1777). The foremost talmid of Ramchal in Padua, Italy, he ...

Today’s History & Yahrtzeits – 1 Nissan

-Nadav and Avihu, sons of Ahron HaKohen-Rav Rachumai, Tanna -R' Shmuel Kellin of Boskowitz, wrote Machtzis Hashekel on Magen Avrohom -R' Moshe Yosef Hoffman, Dayan in...

Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 29 Av

Rav Shmuel Salant, Rav of Yerushalayim (1816-1909). Born in Bialystok, Russia, his father passed away soon...

Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 19 Teves

Rav Aryeh Leib HaCohen Heller, author of Ketzos Hachoshen, Avnei Miluim, and Shev Shmaatsa (1813) Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer, the Kesav Sofer (1815-1872). Born and...

Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 12 Iyar

Rav Zorach Eideles of Prague (1755) Rav Masoud Abuchatzeira, father of the Baba Sali (1835-1908). Born in Taflilat, Morocco, hesucceeded his father, the Abir Yaakov,...

Today’s Yahrtzeits – 28 Kislev

Rav Avraham Ravigo (1714). Born in Modena, Italy, he became highly esteemed as both a supporter of Torah and as a great Torah scholar...

Today Yahrtzeits and History – 13 Nissan

Rav Yosef Karo, Beis Yosef, Shulchan Aruch, Kesef Mishneh,and Magid Meisharim, (1488-1575). His first major work,...

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