YAHRZEITS FOR THE 30TH OF CHESHVAN ~ BEGINS SATURDAY NIGHT (12-01-2024)
Rav Tzvi Hirsch HaKohen of Riminov - Be'eros Mayim, Rav Tzvi Hirsch Meshores (5607 / 1846 - 178th Yahrzeit)
Rav Tzvi Hirsch HaKohen of Rimanov. From the age of fifteen, Tzvi Hirsch began traveling to the court of Rav Menachem Mendel of Rimanov. He became one of the Rebbe’s closest Chassidim and his personal attendant; he thus became know as Rav Tzvi Hirsch Meshores (attendant). After the petira of Rav Naftoli of Ropshitz (another of the closest Chassidim of Rav Menachem Mendel), Rav Tzvi Hirsch returned to Rimanov to accept the mantle of leadership of the Chassidim.
Rav Yaakov Bezalel Zolty (5743 / 1982 - 42nd Yahrzeit)
Rav Osher Fasman (5764 / 2003 - 21st Yahrzeit)
Rav Osher (Oscar) Fasman was born in Chicago and served as Rav in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Ottowa, Canada, before returning to Chicago.
Rav Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg - Tzitz Eliezer (5767 / 2006 - 18th Yahrzeit)
Rav Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg was born in Yerushalayim to Rav Yaakov Gedalya who came to Eretz Yisrael from Kovno in the early 1900s. He learned in the Eitz Chaim Yeshiva and developed a very warm bond with Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer. Rav Waldenberg got involved with medical ethics during the period that he served as Rav of a shul adjacent to the old location of Sha’arei Tzedek Hospital in downtown Yerushalayim. He was also a member of the Bais Din HaGodol where he sat together for many years with Rav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv.
