YAHRZEITS FOR THE 25TH OF ELUL ~ BEGINS FRIDAY NIGHT (09-28-2024)
Tanna Elozor (3863 / 103 - 1,921st Yahrzeit)
Rav Yechiel Michel of Zlotshuv - Mayim Rabim (5546 / 1786 - 238th Yahrzeit)
Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov (25 Elul 1786), son of Rabbi Yitzchak of Drohovitch, was introduced by his father to the Baal Shem Tov at a young age. He also became a disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch. It is said that his sermons consistently aroused his listeners to repentance. Many of his teachings are collected in Mayim Rabim.
Rav Dovid Halberstam of Chrzanow - Darchei Dovid (5653 / 1893 - 131st Yahrzeit)
He was born in Rudnick in the year, 1818) תקע"ח), but others say תקפ"א. In תרי"א, he was appointed rav in Kshanov (Chrzanow, Poland) and his father arrived at his inauguration to crown him as rav. He exchanged Shu”t (responsa), with his father who described him as “a great luminary-- sharp and a master, a pious chassid.” From the year, תרל"ו, Rav Dovid tried to hide his greatness, but Chassidim flocked to him from far and wide and he had no choice but to accede and serve as their leader.
Rav Aharon Abuchatzeira (5661 / 1901 - 123rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Yosef Goldman - Av Beis Din of Neupest (5698 / 1938 - 86th Yahrzeit)
The son of Yitzchok and Chaya Goldman. He served as Rav of Neupest for 32 years. He passed away on 25 Elul 1938/5698 תרצ"ח and was laid to rest in Neupest in 1967/5727, and when the local bais hachaim was transferred, he was reinterred in Budapest.
Rav Avrohom Horowitz - Orchos Rabbeinu, Devar Halacha (5764 / 2004 - 20th Yahrzeit)
Rav Avraham Horowitz, talmid muvhak of the Steipler Gaon. He learned at Novardok Yeshiva in Tel Aviv, then at Eitz Chaim in Yerushalayim.
YAHRZEITS FOR THE 26TH OF ELUL ~ BEGINS SATURDAY NIGHT (09-29-2024)
Rav Gershon Shaul Yomtov Lipman Heller - Tosfos Yom Tov (5414 / 1654 - 370th Yahrzeit)
(Some say the Yahrzeit is on the 6th of Elul)
Born in Wallerstein, Bavaria in the year 5339 (1579), Rav Yom Tov was orphaned from his father before he was born and raised by his grandfather, Rav Moshe Wallerstein. At age eighteen, in 5357, he was appointed as a dayan and rosh yeshiva in Prague, in the beis din of the Maharal. His fame spread throughout the entire world as a gaon. At age thirty, he authored his magnum opus, the Tosafos Yom Tov on Shas Mishnayos. In MarCheshvan of 5385, he was appointed Av Beis Din of Nikolsberg, Moravia, and on Rosh Chodesh Adar of 5385 to Av Beis Din Vienna. In Teves of 5387 (1627), Rav Heller was appointed Av Beis Din of Prague. The Tosafos Yom Tov passed away on the 6th of Elul (Some say the 26th Elul).
Rav Eliyahu Tzarfati - Eliyahu Zuta (5565 / 1805 - 219th Yahrzeit)
Rav Elyakim Getzil of Ostrog (5584 / 1824 - 200th Yahrzeit)
Rav Getzil, the son of Rav Yaakov Yosef of Ostrog (“Rav Yevi”), was a tzaddik who tried to keep his mitzvos hidden from public view. Although he himself lived in utmost poverty, he donated vast sums to charity. Because of his great acts of tzedaka, he was venerated in Ostrog for many generations. Rav Getzil passed away 26 Elul in the year .תקפ"ד/5584
Meir Avrohom - Av Beis Din of Tshaba (5589 / 1829 - 195th Yahrzeit)
Rav Chaim Pinto of Mogador (5605 / 1845 - 179th Yahrzeit)
Rabbi Chaim Pinto Hagadol ("the Great")], a descendant of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto--the "Rif" of Ein Yaakov--was born in Agadir, Morocco on the 6th Hilula of Rabbi Chaim Ben Attar. At age 20, he became the head rabbinical judge in Mogador, exercising this function for more than 70 years. The greatest Torah scholars of the generation esteemed him, and Jews and Muslims alike venerated him.
Rav Shmuel Abba Zikelinsky of Zichlin - Lahav Aish (5639 / 1879 - 145th Yahrzeit)
Rabbi Shmuel Abba Zikelinsky of Zichlin [26 Elul 5639] was an important disciple of Rabbi Simcha Bunim of Pshischah, and subsequently a Rebbe in his own right with a large following.
Rav Aharon Perlow of Koydinov - Nireh Or (5657 / 1897 - 127th Yahrzeit)
Rav Aharon was appointed rebbe in תרל"א at the age of thirty-two. He was a gadol b’Torah and a highly organized individual. As the leader of the chassidus, he brought Koidanow to its peak in terms of spirituality and numbers of chassidim. He passed away on the 26th of Elul, 1897) תרנ"ז).
Rav Amrom Blum - Beis She'arim (5667 / 1907 - 117th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yitzchok Alfia (5715 / 1955 - 69th Yahrzeit)
YAHRZEITS FOR THE 27TH OF ELUL ~ BEGINS SUNDAY NIGHT (09-30-2024)
Rav Moshe Segal of Lvov - Rosh Hagolah U'manhig Ha'medinah (5479 / 1719 - 305th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yitzchok Chiyus - Rav in Skolya, Zera Yitzchok (5486 / 1726 - 298th Yahrzeit)
Rav Nachman of Radvil (5556 / 1796 - 228th Yahrzeit)
Rav Nosson HaKohen Adler (Katz) - Av Beis Din of Frankfurt (5560 / 1800 - 224th Yahrzeit)
Born Sunday 10 Teves 5502 in Frankfurt. A descendant of the author of the Yalkut Shimoni. He was a disciple of the Pnei Yehoshua and afterwards of Rav Moshe Rapf, but his Rebbe Muvhak was Rav David Teveli Schiff HaKohen who served afterwards as Av Beis Din in London. He never recorded any of his Torah or chiddushim because he never forgot any of his learning. He passed away on 27 Elul.תק''ס
Rav Yaakov Aryeh Leib Shapira of Kavla (5598 / 1838 - 186th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yaakov Aryeh, son of Rav Mordechai of Neshchiz, was born in 5539/תקל'ט. In the year, תק"ס, he was appointed as Rav of Kovil at the young age of 21. From Kovil he moved to Neshchiz and then Trisk. He passed away on 27 Elul in the year 5598/תקצ''ח (some say .)תקצ''ט/5599
Rav Sholom Rokeach of Belz - Sar Shalom of Belz, Midbar Kadesh (5615 / 1855 - 169th Yahrzeit)
Rav Shalom was born in Brody 1779 תקלט (others say 1783 תקמג). The Sar Shalom’s father Rav Elazar Rokeach was a talmid muvhak of Rav Chaim Sanzer of the Kloiz of Chachmei Brody. After the year תקעה when the Chozeh, the Kozhnitzer Maggid and the Rymanover passed away Rav Sholom continued to subjugate himself before others and travelled to Rav Uri of Strelisk. After the year תקעה when the Chozeh, the Kozhnitzer Maggid and the Rymanover passed away Rav Sholom continued to subjugate himself before others and travelled to Rav Uri of Strelisk. He passed away 27 Elul.תרט''ו 1855
Rav Yehuda Eizik Eliezer Hirschowitz - Kerem Beis Yisroel (5631 / 1871 - 153rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Yitzchok Eizik Eliezer Hirschowitz was born in 5631/1871 in Libau (Liepaja), Latvia. His parents were Rav Aryeh and Liba Devora. In 5666/1906, he became Rav of Talsen in Kurland, where he had grown up. He remained until he was forced to flee in World War I, ending up in Minsk. Part of the Radin Yeshiva had also taken refuge in Minsk, and the Chofetz Chaim asked him to teach them. In Lithuania, he headed Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael of Slabodka. Later he moved back to Telshe as principal of Yavneh Teachers’ College for Men. In 5686/1926, he became Rav of Wirballen. On the twenty-seventh of Elul 5701/1941, Rav Yitzchok was taken by the Nazis from the famous Talmud Torah. All sang Adon Olam together as they marched to their deaths.
Rav Binyomim Tzvi Auerbach (5633 / 1873 - 151st Yahrzeit)
Rav Moshe Nosson Nota Segal Yungreiss (5689 / 1929 - 95th Yahrzeit)
One of the first Hungarian Rabbonim to become a follower of Rav Chaim of Sanz.
Rav Yosef Shmuel Moskowitz (5691 / 1931 - 93rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Yehuda Zev Levovitz (5770 / 2010 - 14th Yahrzeit)
YAHRZEITS FOR THE 28TH OF ELUL ~ BEGINS MONDAY NIGHT (10-01-2024)
Shaul Hamelech & his 3 sons (2882 / -879 - 2,902nd Yahrzeit)
Rabbeinu Boruch Albali (4886 / 1126 - 898th Yahrzeit)
Rav Saadya (5334 / 1574 - 450th Yahrzeit)
Rav Moshe Maggid Rivlin (5606 / 1846 - 178th Yahrzeit)
Rav Nosson Fryde of Tzehlim - Av Beis Din of Tcharna, Tzemach Hasodeh (5617 / 1857 - 167th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yechiel HaLevi Rottenberg - Reb Yechiel'ish (5688 / 1928 - 96th Yahrzeit)
Rav Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach - Rosh Yeshivas Shaar Ha'Shomayim, Chacham Lev (5714 / 1954 - 70th Yahrzeit)
Rav Chaim Leib was born in 5647/1887 and grew up in Yerushalayim. At the age of eighteen he received semicha from Rav Chaim Berlin of Yerushalayim. Rav Chaim Leib’s thirst for Torah was unquenchable. He opened a Yeshiva for Toras Ho’Ari, which they called Sha’ar HaShomayim. Rav Chaim Leib stood at the helm of the Yeshiva his entire life. Rav Chaim Leib suffered two heart attacks. After the second one, he suffered for some time, and was niftar at the age of sixty-eight on the 28th of Elul 5614/1954.
Rav Aryeh Carmell - Published Michtav M'Eliyohu, Strive for Truth (5766 / 2006 - 18th Yahrzeit)
Rav Aryeh Carmell (1917-2006) was born in England. At the age of 16 Aryeh was sent to study under Rav Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler and became his talmid muvhak. Rav Carmell began to compile Rav Dessler's teachings under his guidance. Following Rav Dessler's petirah he started Yad Eliyahu in London, where children who studied at public schools were taught ahavas Torah and yiras Shomayim. Moving to Eretz Yisrael in 1972, Rav Carmell settled in Yerushalayim's Bayit Vegan neighborhood and helped Rav Boruch Horowitz found Yeshivas Dvar Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim's first yeshiva for baalei teshuvoh.
YAHRZEITS FOR THE 29TH OF ELUL ~ BEGINS TUESDAY NIGHT (10-02-2024)
Rav Naftali Hertz - Rav of Pintchov (5493 / 1733 - 291st Yahrzeit)
Rav Raphael Landau (5654 / 1894 - 130th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yerachmeil Yeshaya Mintzberg - Rav of Likova (5665 / 1905 - 119th Yahrzeit)
Rav Eliezer Chaim Deutsch of Banihad - Tevuos Hasodeh (5676 / 1916 - 108th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yaakov HaLevi Lipschitz - Zichron Yaakov, Secretary of Rav Yitzchok Elchonon Spector (5682 / 1922 - 102nd Yahrzeit)
