YAHRZEITS FOR THE 5TH OF KISLEV ~ BEGINS THURSDAY NIGHT (12-06-2024)
Rav Shmuel Eliezer Eidels - Maharsha (5392 / 1631 - 393rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Shmuel Eliezer HaLevi Eidels, the Maharsha, was born in Cracow in 1555. During his years as Rosh Yeshiva in Austroha, the Maharsha compiled his monumental Chiddushei Halochos and Chiddushei Aggodos on Shas.
Rav Aharon Twersky - Czernobyler Rebbe (5547 / 1786 - 238th Yahrzeit)
(Some say the Yahrzeit is on the 8th of Kislev)
(Some say the Yahrzeit is in the year 5632 / 1871 - 153rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Aharon Twersky, the third Rebbe of Czernobyl, was the eldest of the eight sons of Rav Mordechai of Czernobyl, and the grandson of Rav Menachum Nachum. Rav Aharon succeeded his father after the latter’s petira in 1837. He also served as the nosi of the Rabi Meir Ba’al Haness Ma’os of Eretz Yisrael fund in the Ukraine.
Rav Dovid Luria - Radal (5616 / 1855 - 169th Yahrzeit)
Rav Dovid Luria, the Radal, was a talmid of the Rav of Vilna, Rav Shaul Katzenellenbogen. He wrote an important commentary on Pirkei D’Rabi Eliezer. He is also known as a commentator on Gemora and Medrash. In addition, he composed Halachic responsa and a commentary on Rambam’s Mishneh Torah.
Rav Osher Anshel Jungreis of Czenger - Menuchas Osher (5634 / 1873 - 151st Yahrzeit)
Rav Yaakov Yehuda Tenenbaum - Yishrash Yaakov (5646 / 1885 - 139th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yehonoson Aleisberg - Darchei Hora'ah (5659 / 1898 - 126th Yahrzeit)
Rav Tzvi Hirsch Eliezer Levitan (5676 / 1915 - 109th Yahrzeit)
Rav Boruch Ber Leibowitz of Kaminetz - Birkas Shmuel (5700 / 1939 - 85th Yahrzeit)
Rav Boruch Ber Leibowitz, Rosh Yeshiva of Kamenitz, was born in Slutzk to Rav Shmuel Dovid Leibowitz, who was a close follower of the Rav of Slutzk, Rav Yosef Ber Soleveitchik. At the age of sixteen, he went to Volozhin and became the talmid muvhok of Rav Chaim Brisker. In 1903, he was invited to be Rosh Yeshiva of Knesses Bais Yitzchok in Slobodka.
Rav Mordechai Rimer (5760 / 1999 - 25th Yahrzeit)
Rav Mordechai Rimer was Mashgiach Ruchoni of Yeshiva Kochav MiYaakov. In 1962, the Gaon of Tchebin invited him to be a Maggid Shiur and Mashgiach in his Yeshiva.
Rebbetzin Miriam Salomon - Wife of Harav Mattisyohu Salomon (5777 / 2016 - 8th Yahrzeit)
