Rav Menachem Nachum Kaplan Reb Nachumke (Cheshvan 8, 5640 / 1879 - 145th Yahrzeit)
Rav Menachem Nachum Kaplan (Nachumke) was born in Horodna, Lithuania. When he was nine years old, he lived in the home of Rav Yehuda Leib Ganker and learned with this wealthy man every morning. Later, he wandered through Lithuania until he came to Amshina, where he studied under Rav Avrohom Kahane. Eventually, he was accepted to the Mirrer Yeshiva and became close to its Mashgiach, Rav Yisrael Heller. He married the daughter of a wealthy man, but after a number of years, his father-in-law died. Poverty-stricken, Rav Nachumke took a job as a shamash in the Chevras Shas Bais Medrash in Horodna. However, his fame spread, and many throughout Eastern Europe came to observe him and learn from him. Among those was the Chofetz Chaim, then only fifteen years old.
Rav Moshe Yosef Tawil (Cheshvan 8, 5738 / 1977 - 47th Yahrzeit)
Rav Moshe Yosef HaKohen Tawil, Zaken Rabbanei Aram Soba (Aleppo, Syria), founded the Degel HaTorah Yeshiva with Rav Shlomo Zafrani.
Rabbeinu Osher Rosh (Cheshvan 9, 5088 / 1327 - 697th Yahrzeit)
Rabbeinu Osher ben Yechiel, the Rosh, was one of the three primary Rishonim on whom Rav Yosef Karo relied for the Shulchon Aruch. Rav Osher’s family traced its lineage to Rabbeinu Gershon. Rav Osher learned under Rav Meir of Rotenberg. After ten years as the successor of Rav Meir and the leader of German Jewry, he escaped German persecution and settled in Toledo, Spain.
