September Archives

Rabbi Yossi ben Halafta lived during a dark time of our history, an era of persecution and danger. He was one of the four disciples whom Rabbi Yehudah ben Bava…

In his youth, Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah already enjoyed great respect. He descended from a great and noble family of priests. Ezra, the High Priest and restorer of the Jewish…

Rabbi Ishmael ben Elisha, the fellow student of Rabbi Akiva, was for most of the time his opponent in Halachic discussions. He descended from a princely family, and his grandfather

It is written, “Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai had five [outstanding] disciples. … He used to enumeration their praiseworthy qualities: ‘Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus – a cemented cistern

The sixth of Adar is the Hilloula of Rabbi Naphtali Amsterdam Zatzal. He was born in 5592 (1832) in Salant, and his father was Rabbi Shlomo Zatzal. During his youth,…

Rabbi Yitzchak Lumbroso was the student of Rabbi Avraham Taieb, Rabbi Tsemah Tsarfati, and Rabbi Avraham Hacohen. His father, Rabbi Yaakov, demanded the best teaches and the greate

Rabbi Avraham was very poor. He was a man imbued with holiness and purity, knowing the hidden sense of the Torah as well as the revealed sense perfectly well, and…

Near Tefilalet, on the high peaks of the Atlas Mountains, can be found the tiny village of Ktsar-el-Souk. There rests the venerated Tzaddik Rabbi Yehia Lahlo. About 400 years ago,

The renowned Gaon, Rabbi Yitzchak Ben Walid, the Rabbi of Tetouan, was one of the most glorious personalities among the Gaonim of Morocco. Rabbi Yitzchak was born in 5557 (1796)…

Rabbi Chaim Faladji, the Rav of Izmir, Turkey, was one of the great sages of his generation. Born in 1788 (5548), he took upon himself the responsibility, in every sense…