YAHRZEITS FOR THE 1ST OF KISLEV ~ BEGINS SUNDAY NIGHT (12-02-2024)
Rav Efraim Ankawa - HaRav (5202 / 1441 - 583rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Trivash of Mantova (5312 / 1551 - 473rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Sholom Shachna of Lublin (5319 / 1558 - 466th Yahrzeit)
Rav Sholom Shachna of Lublin was the teacher and father-in-law of the Rema. His grandfather and namesake was the Rav of Neustadt and the Godol HaDor (spiritual leader of that generation) in Austria, who, along with the Maharil, founded the minhagei Ashkenaz that are still prevalent until today. He established the Lublin Yeshiva in 1515 and was succeeded by Rav Shlomo Luria, the Maharshal.
Rav Dovid Ashkenazi of Lvov (5405 / 1644 - 380th Yahrzeit)
Rav Dovid was the son of Rav Mordechai, and served as Rav of Manistrizhik. He later became a Dayan in Rav Shabsi Sheftel Horowitz’s Bais Din (mechaber of Vovei Ho’amudim) in Poznan, and then became Dayan and Rosh Yeshiva in Lwow.
Rav Yosef Shmuel of Cracow (5464 / 1703 - 321st Yahrzeit)
The Chida, in his biography of Rav Yosef Shmuel, wrote that he learned all of Shas forty-two times, fulfilling the mitzva of Vedibarta ‘bom’, (the numerical value of bom being forty-two). He also added that for twenty-five years he learned standing on his feet and all his learning was Torah lishmah (for the sake of Heaven).
Rav Yisroel Yosef Shmuel of Cracow & Frankfurt (5464 / 1703 - 321st Yahrzeit)
Rav Yisrael Yosef Shmuel was the son of Tzvi Hirsch, and was known as Rav Shmuel Reb Chaim Yeshaya’s. He was born in Kremenitz, Volhynia, and served as Av Bais Din of Cracow for twenty-six years, and later as Rav of Frankfurt.
