Rav Avrohom Yehoshua Heschel of Apta, Mezhibuzh - Ohev Yisroel, Apta Rav (5585 / 1825 - 199th Yahrzeit)
The Apta Rav author of Ohev Yisroel was born in Żmigród, Poland in 1748, he passed away on 5th of Nissan 1825, he was laid to rest in Mezibuz and his matzeiva is in the same Ohel as the Baal Shem Tov.
Rav Osher Zolky - Rav & Av Beis Din of Sanz (5590 / 1830 - 194th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yehoshua Freund of Kraly (5608 / 1848 - 176th Yahrzeit)
Rav Shneur Zalman Fradkin of Lublin - Toras Chessed (5662 / 1902 - 122nd Yahrzeit)
Rabbi Shneur Zalman Fradkin of Lublin [5 Nissan 5662], A chasid of the Tzemech Tzedek and Maharash of Lubavitch, was chief rabbi in Polotsk and then Lublin. When he made aliyah to the Holy Land, he became a major rabbinical figure in the Jerusalem community. He is best remembered for his important scholarly book, Toras Chesed.
Rav Malkiel Tzvi HaLevi Tenenbaum of Lomza - Divrei Malkiel (5670 / 1910 - 114th Yahrzeit)
Rav Malkiel Tzvi HaLevi Tennenbaum (1847-1910), a prominent rabbi and posek of his generation, was renowned for his great Torah genius and wrote many responsa, which were printed in the seven-volume Responsa Divrei Malkiel. He was known as a holy person and many approached him for blessing and deliverance. Rav Herzog wrote about him that "in addition to his halachic brilliance, he was well-versed in kabbalah and studied Torah secrets well into the night".
Rav Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Bluzhov - Tzvi Latzaddik (5684 / 1924 - 100th Yahrzeit)
Rav Reuven Yosef Gershonowitz - Tzaddik of Ofakim, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Ha'Negev (5755 / 1995 - 29th Yahrzeit)
Rav Reuven Yosef was born in Lapitsh in the Minsk area of the Ukraine, he was taken by his father to the yeshiva katana in Lida at the age of 10. He continued his learning at Kamenitz in 1931, under Rav Baruch Ber. In 1936, Rav Reuven joined his family in Eretz Yisrael; he became a talmid of the Lomza Yeshiva in Petach Tikva. In 1946, he began giving chaburos in the yeshiva. In 1965, he became rosh yeshiva of Chemdas Shmuel in a moshav called Chemed. In 1976, Rav Reuven was called upon to serve as rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Hanegev in Netivot.
