YAHRZEITS FOR THE 2ND OF AV ~ BEGINS MONDAY NIGHT (08-06-2024)
- Rav Yehuda Leib - Rosh Yeshiva Lwow (5316 / 1556 - 468th Yahrzeit)
- Rav Aharon Teomim of Krakow - Mateh Aharon (5450 / 1690 - 334th Yahrzeit)
Rav Aharon Tumim of Cracow was born in 5390/1630. His father, Rav Moshe Tumim, was Rav in Mehrin. From 5419/1659 to 5432/1672, Rav Aharon was Darshan and Maggid Shiur in Prague. Later, he became Rav and Rosh Yeshiva in Worms, Germany. He was an acknowledged Talmid Chochom with a phenomenal memory. After the petira of Rav Mordechai Deitches, Rav of Cracow, Rav Aharon was chosen to take his place. He was to move there in 5447/1687, but because of political circumstances, he delayed his departure from Worms by a few years, leaving in 5450/1690. Rav Aharon was Rav in Cracow for barely four months when a Polish nobleman had him arrested. He was killed on Shabbos Parashas MattosOMasei, second of Av, 5450/1690, in Chmielnik, and buried in Pintchov.
- Chacham Yahya Chaim Assouline - Ihya or Yahia Haim (5617 / 1857 - 167th Yahrzeit)
Famed Moroccan tzadik and miracle worker laid to rest in Rabat Cimetière Juif de El Jadida.
- Rav Gedalya Silverstone (5704 / 1944 - 80th Yahrzeit)
- Rav Moshe Stern - Rav of Debrecin, Be'er Moshe (5757 / 1997 - 27th Yahrzeit)
Rav Moshe Stern, the Debrecziner Rav, author of Be’er Moshe (1914-1997). Born in Neuhaizal, Slovakia, on Hoshana Rabah, his father, Rav Avraham, was the Rav of Neuhaizal. After learning with his father and grandfather, Rav Moshe left Neuhaizal to study in Yeshivas Pressburg, headed by the Chasam Sofer's great-grandson, Rav Akiva Sofer, the Daas Sofer. In Debrecen, he was appointed a posek and dayan. Together with the Admor of Erlau, he even founded a yeshivah in Budapest. In about 1950, Rav Moshe was invited to be the rav of Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he stayed for a year. Soon afterwards, Rav Moshe moved to New York and established his 'Kahal Yesodei HaTorah'
- Rebbetzin Rischel Kotler (5775 / 2015 - 9th Yahrzeit)
