Rav Abba Berman zt”l, On His Fourth 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 giants of the previous...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 27 Adar
Tzedkiah, last king of Yehuda, died in captivity, in Bavel (561 BCE).
Rav Yosef Shaul HaLevi Nathanson (1810-1875 or 1878). Born in ...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 29 Shevat
Rav Alexander Sender of Zholkov (~1660-1737). He was the son of Rav Ephraim Zalman Shor, Magid of Lvov, and was orphaned...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 9 Tammuz
Rav Zalman Sorotzkin, the Lutzker Rav and author of Oznaim L'Torah (1881-1966). Learned at Volozhin and Slabodka; married the daughter of Rav...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 2 Shevat
Asher ben Yaakov Avinu
Rav Menachem Mendel Krochmahl of Nikolsburg, the Tzemach Tzedek (~1600-1661). He learned in Krakowat the yeshiva of the Bach, his rebbi...
Today’s Yahrzteits & History – 19 Adar
-Rav Dovid Spira of Dinov (1804-1874). Rav Dovid was the author of Tzemach Dovid and the son of Rav Tzvi Elimelech, the Bnei Yissoschar....
‘The Last Lion’: The Satmar Rov, Rav Yoel Teitelbaum zt”l, On His 31st Yahrtzeit
Remembrances of a talmid, as told to Rabbi Nisson Wolpin
The Satmar Rav, a direct descendant of both the famed Yismach Moshe and the Chavas...
To0day’s Yahrtzeits & History – 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...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & 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...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 2 Nissan
Rabbeinu Baruch, father of the Maharam miRottenberg (1275)
Rav Eliyahu Kalmankash, Rav of Lublin (1633)
Rav Shalom Dov Ber Schneerson, the Rebbe RaShaB, 5th Lubavitcher Rebbe...
The Manchester Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Yehuda Zev Segal zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today
It is said that Rav Yehuda Zev Segal underwent a marked transformation in his outlook and behavior at the age of 8....
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 9 Shevat
Rabbeinu Nissim ben Reuven, the Ran (1308-1376), author of a commentary to the Talmud and a halachic commentary...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 20-21 Kislev
Today's Yahrtzeits - 20 Kislev
Rav Baruch Hager of Seret-Viznitz, the Imrei Baruch (1892). The son of Rav Menachem Mendel Hager, Rav Baruch...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 15 Av
Nachum Ish Gamzu, Rabi Akiva's rebbi for 22 years, buried in Tzefas.
Rav Benzion Yadler, Maggid of Yerushalayim (1952 or 1962)
Rav Asher, the Stoliner Rebbe...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 5 Tammuz
Rav Ezriel Meir of Lublin (1873-1941). Born to Rav Avraham Eiger of Lublin, a descendent of Rav Akiva Eiger. He reluctantly took the reigns...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 13 Av
Rav Mordechai Banet of Nikolsburg, Hungary, author of Parashas Mordechai (1753-1829)
Rav Nosson Nota Shapira, author of Megaleh Amukos and Ranav Ofanim (1585-1633). Eliyahu...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 12-13 Iyar
Rav Zorach Eideles of Prague (1755)
Rav Masoud Abuchatzeira, father of the Baba Sali (1835-1908). Born in Taflilat, Morocco, he succeeded his father, the Abir Yaakov,...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 19 Cheshvan
Rav Naftali Yitzchak Segal, author of Naftali Seva Ratzon (1555)
Rav Yitzchak Avraham Wallerstein of Minsk, brother of the Shaagas Aryeh (1775)
Rav Shimshon Halevi Heller...
Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 4 Tishrei
Rav Yoel Baal Shem (1713)
Rav Avraham Danzig, author of Chayei Adam and Chachmas Adam (1748-1820). Born in Danzig (Gdansk), he learned at the yeshiva...
Today’s Yahrtzeits and History – 24 Tishrei
Rav Eliyahu Guttmacher, Av Beis din Greiditz (1796-1874). Born near Posen (Poznan) in eastern Germany (today, Poland) he became, at age 19, a student...
