Rav Yosef Yuzpa Hahn Neurelingen - Yosef Ometz (5397 / 1637 - 387th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yaakov Tzvi Yalish of Dinov - Molei Haroim (5585 / 1825 - 199th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yaakov Tzvi was born in Reisha in 5538/1778, the son of Rav Naftoli. He received the Chassidic tradition from his Rebbe and mentor, the Apta Rav, mechaber of Ohev Yisrael, as well as the Kozhnitzer Maggid, the Chozeh of Lublin and Rav Menachem Mendel of Rymanow. Rav Yaakov Tzvi served as Rav in Dynow, Glogov, Huskav and Premisla.
Rav Nosson Feitel Reinitz (5622 / 1862 - 162nd Yahrzeit)
Rav Nosson Feitel, the ancestor of the famed Reinitz family, was the son of Rav Dov Berel, and the mechaber of Divrei Ranaf. He served as Rav of Tete Vegsing and afterward as Rav of Diandias. Later, he was Rav of Mad, Hungary, for nineteen years, from 5603/1842 until 5622/1861.
Rav Aryeh Levine - Tzaddik from Yerushalayim, Mashgiach Yeshivas Eitz Chaim (5729 / 1969 - 55th Yahrzeit)
Rav Aryeh Levine was born on the 6th of Nissan 5645, and passed away on the 9th of Nissan 5729 (March 22, 1885 – March 28, 1969). He was known by one and all as “The Father of the Prisoners”. Rav Levine was born in Urla, near Bialistock, Poland, to his father R’ Binyamin Beinush and his mother Ettel. In Adar 5765 (March 1095), he came to live in Eretz Yisrael, where he learned at the Yeshivas Toras Chaim. For many decades he served as Mashgiach at the Yeshivas Etz Chaim in Yerushalayim. After the State of Israel was established, Rav Levine founded the Yeshiva that is named after him – Beis Aryeh. He was known as “The Father of the Prisoners”, having regularly visited Prisoners of Zion imprisoned during the time of the British Mandate.
Rav Chaim Meir Hager - Imrei Chaim (5732 / 1972 - 52nd Yahrzeit)
Rav Chaim Meir was born on 15 Kislev 5648/1888, the son of Rav Yisrael Hager of Vizhnitz, also known as Ahavas Yisrael. Rav Chaim Meir was his father’s right-hand man from a young age and they were inseparable. He was appointed Rav of Vilchovitch in Marmorosh. He decided to move to Eretz Yisrael and traveled from Czechoslovakia to Belgium and England. He arrived in 5708 and established Vizhnitz on the soil of the Holy Land. Rav Chaim Meir opened his Bais Medrash in Tel Aviv. Eventually, he established the first Chassidic enclave in Bnei Brak, reopened the Vizhnitzer Yeshiva and began to reestablish Vizhnitz and Chassidic life in post-war Eretz Yisrael.
