Rav Yosef Yoske was the son of Rav Yisrael Ashkenazi, author of Halacha Adam M’Yisrael, his chiddushim on Mesechtos Berachos, Shabbos, Eruvin, Pesochim and Rosh HaShana. Rav Yisrael served as Rav in Zlavin and in Lokatch. He was a grandson of Rav Avrohom Abele of Ludmir and Brobshov, who in turn was a grandson of Rav Meir Zak, the Rav of Lvov (Lemberg). He married the daughter of Rav Shmuel, Rav in Tchorchkov and Zhvallin.
Rav Yosef Yoske was Rav in Fudamkin, near Brod. He was a Gaon in Torah, a Chassid, and a Kodosh. He authored Ohel Yosef on Mesechtos Berachos, Eruvin, Pesochim, Yoma, Sukka and Beitza. His son, Rav Yitzchok Yaakov, Rav in Poritzen, published the sefer with an appendix of his own chiddushim.
Rav Yosef Yoske was niftar on the fourteenth of Elul 5627/1867. Yehi zichro baruch.
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Segulah For Children Who Die Young And Pass Away To Survive
If someone's children die young (heaven forbid) and do not survive, then he should name his future children with a given name that includes Hashem's Name for example Raphael, Gavriel, Michoel, Yisroel, Shmuel or Yirmiyah, Yeshayah, Eliyahu etc. (Segulos Yisroel)
