Rav Boruch of Kossov - Moshiach of Kossov, Yesod Ha'emunah (5543 / 1782 - 241st Yahrzeit)
Rabbi Boruch of Kosov* 13 Cheshvan 5543, an important disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch, and of R. Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, worked actively to propagate and publicize the ways and teachings of Chassidism. He is the author of "Yesod HaEmunah" and "Amud HaAvoda."
*Not to be confused with Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kosov, founder of the Vihznitz and Kosov dynasties.
Rav Osher Yeshaya of Riminov - Maadanei Melech (5695 / 1934 - 89th Yahrzeit)
Rav Chaim Nachum Effendi (5721 / 1960 - 63rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Chaim Nachum Effendi served as Sefardi chief Rav of Egypt. He was witness both to a vibrant community of eighty thousand Jews living in Egypt and also to the community’s disintegration after 1948, when government hostility, violence, economic restrictions, confiscation and deportation caused most Jews to leave. Born in Manisa, Turkey, he was sent by his parents to learn in a Yeshiva in Teverya and later went to a French lycée for his secondary education. In 1923, Rav Nachum received an invitation from Moise Cattaoui Pacha, head of the Jewish community in Cairo, to become the chief Rav of Egypt, and was also appointed to serve as a Senator in the nation’s Legislative Assembly.
Rav Tzvi Shraga Grossbard (5754 / 1993 - 30th Yahrzeit)
Rav Tzvi Shraga Grossbard was born in Visan, Lithuania. His father, Rav Aharon Zev, was an outstanding talmid of the Chofetz Chaim. In 1941, Rav Tzvi Shraga left Europe for Eretz Yisrael. There, he joined the Lomza Yeshiva in Petach Tikva headed by his uncle, Rav Abba Grossbard. Rav Tzvi Shraga also became the head of Tel Aviv’s Bais Mussar and developed a strong friendship with Mussar giant, Rav Eliyohu Dessler, who was then spiritual Mashgiach of the Ponovezh Yeshiva. The two men studied b’chavrusa each week in Rav Tzvi Shraga’s home. In 1967 Rav Tzvi Shraga Grossbard became the director of Chinuch Atzmai and he remained at its helm for twenty-five years.
