YAHRZEITS FOR THE 1ST OF AV ~ BEGINS SUNDAY NIGHT (08-05-2024)
- Aharon HaKohen (2487 / -1274 - 3,297th Yahrzeit)
Born: Egypt, 1406 BCE. / Niftar: Hor HaHar, 1283 BCE. Prophet, brother of Moshe Rabbeinu and Miriam the Prophetess, the first Kohen Gadol (High Priest).
- Elozor HaKohen ben Aharon (2488 / -1273 - 3,296th Yahrzeit)
- Rav Dovid Hanaggid - Medrash Dovid (5061 / 1301 - 723rd Yahrzeit)
- Rav Yosef - Av Beis Din in Lvov (5389 / 1629 - 395th Yahrzeit)
Son of Rav Yechiel. A Gaon and Rosh Yeshiva in Lwow during the days of Rav Yoel Sirkis, the Bach. He passed away Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av.שפייט
- Rav Nosson Nota of Avritsh (5545 / 1785 - 239th Yahrzeit)
Talmid of the Baal Shem Tov and father in law of the famed Rav Avrohom Dov Auerbach author of Bas Ayin who succeeded him as Rav in Avritsh.
- Rav Aryeh Leib - Maggid of Drohbitch (5567 / 1807 - 217th Yahrzeit)
- Rav Shmuel Ehrenfeld - Chasan Sofer, Rav in Mattersdorf (5643 / 1883 - 141st Yahrzeit)
Son of Rav Dovid Tzvi Ehrenfeld. Son-in-law of Rav Moshe Sofer, Av Beis Din Pressburg, author Chasan Sofer. He passed away Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av .תרמ''ג
- Rav Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin of Volozhin - the Netziv (5653 / 1893 - 131st Yahrzeit)
(Some say the Yahrzeit is on the 28th of Av)
1 Av (others say: 28 Av) Rav Naphtali Tzvi Yehudah Berlin, the “Netziv of Volozhin”. Son of Rav Yaakov. Born in Mir תקע''ז. After his father- in- law’s passing, his brother- in- law, Rav Eliezer Yitzchok, became Rosh yeshiva and three years later, with his passing, the Netziv became Rosh yeshivah. The Netziv was Rosh Yeshiva of the famed Volozhin Yeshiva for almost 40 Years until it was closed by the Russian government in 1892. The Netziv passed away at age 78 in Warsaw on Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av.תרנ''ג
- Rav Aharon Halberstam - Av Beis Din of Sanz (5663 / 1903 - 121st Yahrzeit)
Rav Aharon Halberstam was born in 5586/1826, in Rudnick. His father was Rav Chaim, the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. In 5617/1857, Rav Aharon was appointed Rav in the city of Sanz. Following his father’s petira (25th of Nissan 5636/1876), Rav Aharon was the only son who was not appointed Rebbe. He refused to accept the Chassidim who came to his house. After taking ill, Rav Aharon traveled to Vienna to meet with doctors. He was niftar as he made his way home, on Rosh Chodesh Av 5663/1903, at age seventy-seven. He was buried in the ohel with his father, in Sanz.
- Rav Yaakov Moshe Shurkin - Rosh Mesivta Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin (5723 / 1963 - 61st Yahrzeit)
Rav Yaakov Moshe Shurkin was the younger son of Rav Michel Zalman, born in 5662/1902. When Yaakov Moshe became bar mitzva, Rav Michel Zalman was suddenly niftar. Now a young orphan, Rav Yaakov Moshe decided to go to Radin, where he learned with extraordinary hasmada under the Chofetz Chaim for the next fifteen years. During his years in Yeshiva, his mother also passed away. Rav Yaakov Moshe was a Rosh Mesivta in Yeshiva U’Mesivta Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin from its founding in 5698/1938 until he was niftar on Rosh Chodesh Av 5723/1963, at sixty-two. He was buried in Beth David cemetery in Elmont, Long Island.
- Rav Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov - Third Bobover Rebbe (5760 / 2000 - 24th Yahrzeit)
Rav Shlomo Halberstam (1908-2000), son of Rav Bentzion, grandson of Rav Shlomo, founder of the Bobov dynasty. At the outbreak of World War II, he and his father escaped to Lemberg. On the fourth of Av 1942 his father was killed, and Rav Shlomo escaped to the Bochnia Ghetto. In Bochnia, the Rav lost his Rebbetzin and two children. He managed to escape with his only surviving child, Naftali, to Budapest, and then to Bucharest. Rav Halberstam arrived in the United States in 1946, alone and indigent after his group was largely obliterated by the Nazis.
