YAHRZEITS FOR THE 3RD OF AV ~ BEGINS TUESDAY NIGHT (08-07-2024)
- Rav Shimshon of Ostropoli - Don Yadin (5408 / 1648 - 376th Yahrzeit)
On the bitter day of the 3rd of Av in the year 5408/1648, the Cossacks and Tartar forces conquered the fortified city of Polnoa with the help of the Ukrainian guards who were supposed to be guarding the cities from the invaders. According to the testimony of Rav Nosson Nota Hanover, Rav Shimshon was in the city of Polnoa at the time, since many Jews had fled there seeking protection within its fortified walls. The murderous hordes headed straight for the shul. Rav Shimshon was in the shul with three hundred followers, all of whom are said to have been Chachomim Gedolim. They were all dressed in burial shrouds and wrapped in talleisim; they were butchered Al Kiddush Hashem in the midst of davening. There is a Matzeiva for Rav Shimshon in the center of Ostropoli and it seems that his coffin was transferred to Ostropoli once calm returned to the area.
- Rav Shimshon Bachrach of Nikolsburg (5481 / 1721 - 303rd Yahrzeit)
- Rav Shmuel Shindlinger - Rosh Beis Din of Lvov, Shmuel Selir, Shem M'Shmuel (5556 / 1796 - 228th Yahrzeit)
- Rav Ephraim Taub of Kuzmir (5664 / 1904 - 120th Yahrzeit)
Rav Ephraim Taub was the son of Rav Yechezkel of Kuzmir and the son-in-law of Rav Nosson Dovid Rabinowitz of Shidlovtza. After the petira of his father on the fifteenth of Shevat 5616/1856, Rav Ephraim was appointed Rav. Rav Ephraim was niftar on the fourth of Av 5664/1904.
- Rav Eliyohu Moshe Schisgal (5733 / 1973 - 51st Yahrzeit)
