29 Adar 5626
The Rebbe Rav Shlomo Hakohein Rabinowitz was born to his father, Rav Dov Tzvi, in the town of Włoszczowa, Poland. Already as a child, he displayed a tremendous power of diligence and many kishronos, and he would remain alone at night in the beis medrash. Sometimes, the mispallelim of the vasikin minyan found him still engrossed in his learning.
He became a renowned illuy while still a bochur. He learned under Rav Avraham Tzvi, the Av Beis Din of Pietrokov, zy”a, author of Bris Avraham, and from Rav Dovid Charif of Pietrkov, zy”a, author of Bais Dovid. While still a bochur, he authored a work on Maseches Kesubos. The Divrei Chaim wrote of him in his approbation to his sefer Tiferes Shlomo al Hamoadim: “And he also sharply delves into the sugyos of Shas to clarify the halachah with the response of the question.”
He was close to the tzaddikim of his generation: Rav Fishele of Strikov, Rav Yeshaya of Pshedborz and Rav Meir of Apta, author of Ohr Lashamayim.
In 5594, at the age of thirty-four, he accepted the rabbanus of Radomsk, a position he kept until his passing. About nine years later, in 5603, he acceded to the pleadings of his chassidim to lead the community as a Rebbe. On Thursday night, 29 Adar 5624, while learning Sefer Hazohar, his head slumped down on the table, and his soul departed. He was buried in the cemetery in Radomsk.
The ohel of the Tiferes Shlomo zy”a in Radomsk
