YAHRZEITS FOR THE 15TH OF CHESHVAN ~ BEGINS FRIDAY NIGHT (11-16-2024)
Mattisyohu (3596 / -166 - 2,189th Yahrzeit)
Rav Eliezer ibn Archa (5412 / 1651 - 373rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Eliezer ben Yitzchok ibn Archa was born in Tzefas, later moving to Chevron, where he served as Rav of the small Jewish population for most of his life.
Rav Tzvi Hirsch Horowitz of Chortkov (5514 / 1753 - 271st Yahrzeit)
In Sefer Shemen HaTov (Vol 2 #106) in the name of the Baal Shem Tov that there are three famed families whose impeccable pedigree and yichus can be traced generation after generation and they are the Margolios, Shapira and Horowitz families.
Rav Zev Wolf Alesker of Zolka & Tarnipol - Maggid Meshorim (5538 / 1777 - 247th Yahrzeit)
Rav Elozor Kalir - Rav of Kelen, Ohr Chodosh (5562 / 1801 - 223rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Amrom Chassida (5590 / 1829 - 195th Yahrzeit)
Rav Leib - Rav Leib Ba'al HaYissurim (5597 / 1836 - 188th Yahrzeit)
Rav Leib of Chevron - Baal Hayissurim (5597 / 1836 - 188th Yahrzeit)
Rav Shmuel Frenkel of Dorog - Shmiel Kamader, Imrei Shefer (5642 / 1881 - 143rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Chaim Pinto - HaKoton (5698 / 1937 - 87th Yahrzeit)
Rav Chaim Pinto II was born in Mogador (current Essaouira), Morocco. His grandfather, Rav Chaim I, was the great-grandson of Rav Yosef Pinto, who fled Spain to Rome with twenty-six talmidim after the 1492 expulsion. However, he had to flee to Damascus after local priests trapped him into a theological debate and soundly lost. When the Jewish population of Mogador began thinning out, Rav Chaim II moved to Casablanca, while his son, Rav Moshe Aharon Pinto, stayed in Mogador to prevent his father’s shul from closing down.
Rav Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz - Chazon Ish (5714 / 1953 - 71st Yahrzeit)
Rav Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz, the Chazon Ish, was educated by his father, the Av Bais Din in Kosova, Poland (near Grodno). His first work on several parts of the Shulchon Aruch was published anonymously in Vilna in 1911 under the title Chazon Ish, by which name he became known. He moved to Vilna about 1920 and moved to Eretz Yisrael in 1933, settling in Bnei Brak.
Rav Shlomo Freidman (5719 / 1958 - 66th Yahrzeit)
Son-in-law of Rav Yisrael Freidman of Sadigura. Both his father and father-in-law were scions of the Ruzhiner dynasty. In 5706 he was crowned as Rebbe in Tshortkov by the Chassidim but only accepted the leadership position when his mother forced him to do so. He was among the founders of Chinuch Atzmai.
YAHRZEITS FOR THE 16TH OF CHESHVAN ~ BEGINS SATURDAY NIGHT (11-17-2024)
Rav Shimon Zev Auerbach (5392 / 1631 - 393rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Yechiel Michel HaLevi of Galuga - Shaar Hamayim (5579 / 1818 - 206th Yahrzeit)
Rav Amram Rosenbaum (5590 / 1829 - 195th Yahrzeit)
Rav Shlomo Zalman - Daas Shlomo (5674 / 1913 - 111th Yahrzeit)
Rav Reuven HaKohen Katz (5724 / 1963 - 61st Yahrzeit)
Rav Shlomo Carlebach (5755 / 1994 - 30th Yahrzeit)
Rav Shlomo Carlebach was the foremost Jewish songwriter in the second half of the twentieth century, who used his music to inspire Jews around the world. Over his sixty-nine years, he lived in Manhattan, San Francisco, Toronto and Moshav Or Modiin, Eretz Yisrael. He studied at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in Brooklyn and at the Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey. From 1951 to 1954, he worked as a traveling emissary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rav Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
Rav Elozor Menachem Mann Shach (5762 / 2001 - 23rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Elozor Menachem Mann Shach was born in Vaboilnick, Lithuania, and left for Ponevezh (38 km away) at age seven. He learned in Slabodka under Rav Yechezkel Bernstein (Divrei Yechezkel), then under the Alter (Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel), and developed a close relationship with Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer, whose niece he eventually married. In 1927, he served as Rosh Mesivta at Kletzk under Rav Aharon Kotler, holding the same position in Novardok from 1932–34. In 1951, he started his career as Rosh Yeshiva at Ponevezh under Rav Yosef Kahaneman.
Rav Yisrael Nissan Rosenbaum - Kretshnif Kiryat Gat (5780 / 2019 - 5th Yahrzeit)
Born on 24 Nissan ה'תש"ט in Rechovot. His mother Esther Rochel was the daughter of Rav Chaim Mordechai Rosenbaum of Nadvorna Bnei Brak. He passed away on 16 MarCheshvanה'תש"ף . His 4 sons all succeeded him as rebbes.
YAHRZEITS FOR THE 17TH OF CHESHVAN ~ BEGINS SUNDAY NIGHT (11-18-2024)
Rav Menachem Mendel Hager of Kossov - Ahavas Sholom (5586 / 1825 - 199th Yahrzeit)
Rav Menachem Mendel Hager of Kossov was the founder of the Vizhnitz and Kossov dynasties and author of Ahavas Sholom. The son of Rav Yaakov Koppel Chassid, Rav Menachem Mendel was a student of Rav Moshe Leib of Sassov, Rav Tzvi Hirsch of Nadvorna, and Rav Zev Wolf of Tcharne-Ostra. His grandson was Rav Menachem Mendel of Vizhnitz.
Rav Yehoshua Rosenfeld of Kaminka - Yalkut Yehoshua (5659 / 1898 - 126th Yahrzeit)
Rav Meshulom Zushe Twersky - Czernobyler Rebbe (5748 / 1987 - 37th Yahrzeit)
Rav Meshulom Zushe Twersky, the Chernobyler Rebbe of Bnei Brak, was an eighth-generation direct descendant of Rav Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl. Rav Meshulom Zushe was born in Mozyr, Minsk. He lived and learned with his maternal grandfather, the Admor of Tchechov, Rav Yeshaya Halberstam, the youngest son of the Divrei Chaim. In 1959, he moved his court to Bnei Brak.
Rav Tzvi Pruzansky (5766 / 2005 - 19th Yahrzeit)
Rav Tzvi Pruzansky helped found the Toronto Kollel and established, along with his friend, Rav Dovid Hersh Mayer, Yeshivas Bais Binyomin in Stamford.
YAHRZEITS FOR THE 18TH OF CHESHVAN ~ BEGINS MONDAY NIGHT (11-19-2024)
Rav Yeshaya Bardaki (5623 / 1862 - 162nd Yahrzeit)
Rav Yeshaya Bardaki was born in Pinsk and taught Torah there, but decided to settle in Eretz Yisrael after his first wife was niftar. When the ship carrying Rav Bardaki, his son, Shmuel Akiva, and his daughter, neared the port of Akko, it was wrecked, and all the passengers were thrown into the sea. Rav Bardaki, however, was a powerful swimmer, and, with his two children on his back, he swam ashore. Upon reaching Yerushalayim, Rav Bardaki was appointed head of the Ashkenazi community.
Rav Yaakov Friedman - Husyatiner Rebbe (5717 / 1956 - 68th Yahrzeit)
Rav Raphael Boruch Toledano (5731 / 1970 - 54th Yahrzeit)
Rabbi Baruch, was known from his youth for his pure and delicate soul. From year to year, he elevated himself in the rungs of Torah study and the fear of Hashem. He possessed a vast knowledge in all fields of Torah, hidden as well as revealed. His only ambition and passion was Torah, which he studied constantly. After a few years, Rabbi Raphael Baruch Toledano became a great scholar in Shas and the Poskim. He then began the study of Kabbalah with his teacher Rabbi Yosef Elkubi. Rabbi Raphael revealed himself to be a master in the subject by virtue of his sharp mind and intelligence. Rabbi Raphael Baruch Toledano traveled to Eretz Yisrael and settled in the city of Bnei Brak, and in the year 5731 (1971), in the month of Cheshvan, he rendered his pure soul to his Creator.
Rav Nochum Partzovitz - Reb Nochum (5747 / 1986 - 38th Yahrzeit)
Rav Meir Dovid Kahane (5751 / 1990 - 34th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yisrael Dov Odesser - Sabba, Ba'al HaPetek (5755 / 1994 - 30th Yahrzeit)
Rav Menachem Yisroel HaLevi Rottenberg of Kassan (5763 / 2002 - 22nd Yahrzeit)
Rav Nechemia Kibel (5766 / 2005 - 19th Yahrzeit)
Rav Nechemia Kibel was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Holocaust survivors. He entered the newly founded Yeshiva of the South, under Rav Meir Belsky, who was one of the first talmidim of Rav Yitzchok Hutner. He served as a Maggid Shiur at the Yeshiva in Memphis, then founded and taught at RITSS (Regional Institute for Torah and Secular Studies), Cincinnati’s Bais Yaakov in 1989. A few years later, he played a major role in the founding of Cincinnati’s Community Kollel.
YAHRZEITS FOR THE 19TH OF CHESHVAN ~ BEGINS TUESDAY NIGHT (11-20-2024)
Rav Yehoshua Attiah
Rav Naftoli Yitzchok Segal (5316 / 1555 - 469th Yahrzeit)
Rav (5536 / 1775 - 249th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yitzchok Avrohom Wallerstein of Minsk (5536 / 1775 - 249th Yahrzeit)
Rav Shimshon Gottesman-Heller of Oziran - Neziras Shimshon (5600 / 1839 - 185th Yahrzeit)
Rav Eliyohu Ragoler - Rav Eliyohu Kalischer (5610 / 1849 - 175th Yahrzeit)
Rav Moshe Yechiel Michel of Biala - Biala Rebbe (5615 / 1854 - 170th Yahrzeit)
Rav Moshe Yechiel Michel of Biala, born to Rav Eliezer Fishel of Strizhov, a Mekubol. After his marriage, Rav Moshe Yechiel Michel settled in Zamoszh, where he and his wife were supported by her father. After the passing of his father in 1812, he became a Chassid of the Chozeh of Lublin, and then Rav Bunim of Peshis’cha. He eventually became Rav of Biala.
Rav Sasi Ma'atok HaKohen Yehonatan - Maharsach (5665 / 1904 - 120th Yahrzeit)
Rav Shraga Dovid Pollack (5671 / 1910 - 114th Yahrzeit)
Rav Avrohom Mordechai of Zolshitz - Alfei Menashe (5675 / 1914 - 110th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yitzchok Schwadron - Minchas Yitzchok (5680 / 1919 - 105th Yahrzeit)
Rav Avrohom Tzvi Hirsch Kamai (5702 / 1941 - 83rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Avrohom Tzvi Hirsch Kamai was the last Rav of Mir. Born in the Lithuanian town of Shkod, his family traced its ancestry back to the brother of the Vilna Gaon, Rav Avrohom, mechaber of Maalos HaTorah. His father was Rav Eliyohu Boruch Kamai. With his father’s petira, however, he replaced him as Rav and Rosh Yeshiva in Mir.
Rav Dovid Feinstein (5781 / 2020 - 4th Yahrzeit)
Rav Dovid was born in Luban, Russia, in 5689/1929, while his father, Hagaon Harav Moshe Feinstein, zt”l, served as Rav. Rav Dovid learned in Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim with his father, and eventually began delivering shiurim there. When his father was niftar, he took over the yeshivah and many of his responsibilities, including becoming a prominent chaver of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudas Yisrael of America; a member of the Vaad Roshei Yeshivah of Torah Umesorah; and was involved in Chinuch Atzmai, Agudas Harabbonim, and many other communal organizations.
YAHRZEITS FOR THE 20TH OF CHESHVAN ~ BEGINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT (11-21-2024)
Rav Avrohom of Narbonne - Raavad II, Rav"i (4940 / 1179 - 845th Yahrzeit)
Rav Sholom HaLevi Rosenfeld of Kaminka - Ohev Sholom (5612 / 1851 - 173rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Sholom Kaminker was named after his grandfather Rav Sholom HaLevi Rosenfeld son of Yechiel Eichel HaLevi whose yichus dated back to the Maharshal a descendant of Rashi, Rav Yochanan HaSandler and Dovid HaMelech.
Rav Meshulem Yissocher Segal Horowitz - Av Beis Din Stanislav, Klei Chemdah (5648 / 1887 - 137th Yahrzeit)
Rav Elimelech of Yavrov (5665 / 1904 - 120th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yechezkel HaKohen Rabinowitz of Radomsk - Radomsker Rebbe, Knesses Yechezkel (5671 / 1910 - 114th Yahrzeit)
Rav Moshe Nosson Nota Lemberger - Makova Rav (5743 / 1982 - 42nd Yahrzeit)
Rav Mordechai Sharabi - Rosh Yeshiva Nahar Shalom (5744 / 1983 - 41st Yahrzeit)
Rav Mordechai Sharabi was born in Sharab, Yemen, to Rav Yehuda and Miriam Taizi. His father was niftar before he was born, and his mother passed away just two years later. He was raised by his grandfather, Rav Yefes Avrohom, Rav in Sharab. Rav Mordechai’s other grandfather was Rav Sholom Sharabi, the Rashash. In 1931, shortly after he married, Rav Mordechai moved to Eretz Yisrael and settled in Yerushalayim. He later founded Yeshivas Nahar Sholom in the Machane Yehuda section of the city. Although they never had children, tens of boys of the neighborhood had their meals with them and grew to become Roshei Yeshiva and Roshei Kollel. It is related that in the week of Rav Mordechai’s petira, the Baba Sali experienced a frightening premonition that much Jewish blood would be spilled, including children. He davened the entire day and fasted, despite being over ninety years of age. The next morning, he announced that the gezeira had been lifted, and that one of the Tzaddikim had given his life away for the generation. At the time, the Baba Sali was not aware that Rav Mordechai was ill. Indeed, the Tzaddik was niftar that week.
Rav Mordechai Leib Zuckerman (5764 / 2003 - 21st Yahrzeit)
Rav Mordechai Leib Zuckerman, mechaber of Meir Einei Yisrael, was born in Smorgon, a city near Vilna. In 1931, he moved to Radin to learn with the Chofetz Chaim. After the petira of the Chofetz Chaim, Rav Mordechai Leib stayed in Radin for eight more years. In 1948, he moved to Yerushalayim. When he settled in Givat Shaul, he accepted the positions of Rav of the Perushim shul and the head of Kollel Chevron there.
YAHRZEITS FOR THE 21ST OF CHESHVAN ~ BEGINS THURSDAY NIGHT (11-22-2024)
Rav Dovid ibn Zimra - Radbaz (5334 / 1573 - 451st Yahrzeit)
Rav Dovid ben Zimra, the Radbaz arrived in Tzefas as a child after the Spanish expulsion, and immigrated to Egypt in 1514. Shortly thereafter, he was recognized as chief Rav of Egypt, a post he held for forty years. In 1553, he returned to Eretz Yisrael, settling in Tzefas.
Rav Avrohom Azulai - Chessed LeAvraham (5404 / 1643 - 381st Yahrzeit)
(Some say the Yahrzeit is on the 24th of Cheshvan)
Rav Avrohom Azulai was born in Fes to Rav Mordechai Azulai. In 1600, he fulfilled his life’s dream and boarded a ship for Eretz Yisrael. He moved to Chevron in 1609 and became the holy city’s chief Rav.
Rav Yissochor Dov Falk - Beirish (5505 / 1744 - 280th Yahrzeit)
Rav Aryeh Leib Tauber - Av Beis Din of Galenta (5590 / 1829 - 195th Yahrzeit)
Rav Yissocher Ber of Podheitz (5605 / 1844 - 180th Yahrzeit)
Rav Moshe Giterman of Chechelnik (5631 / 1870 - 154th Yahrzeit)
Son of Rav Shlomo Giterman of Savran, grandson of Rav Moshe Tzvi Giterman of Savran founder of the dynasty. Served as Rebbe in Chichelnik from 1827–1876. He passed away on 21 MarCheshvan 5631 and was laid to rest together with his father and grandfather in the same ohel in Chichelnik.
Rav Elozor Leipziger - Maharach (5642 / 1881 - 143rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Elozor of Pultusk - Chidushei Maharoch (5642 / 1881 - 143rd Yahrzeit)
Rav Osher Anshel Ashkenazi of Stanislav (5657 / 1896 - 128th Yahrzeit)
Rav Meir of Zboriv (5675 / 1914 - 110th Yahrzeit)
Rav Betzalel Stern (5749 / 1988 - 36th Yahrzeit)
Rav Betzalel Stern was the mechaber of Teshuvos B’Tzel HaChochma and brother of Rav Moshe Stern.
Rav Yichya Alshich (5757 / 1996 - 28th Yahrzeit)
