September Archives

Whenever a person enters a Beit Midrash, be it during the long nights of Tevet or the blazing hot days of Tammuz, he sees Jews sitting around a table, or…

Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Chayut, known as the Maharatz Chayut, merited three crowns: The crown of Torah, the crown of greatness, and the crown of a good name. Yet he also…

Rabbeinu Moshe Sofer, better known by the name Chatam Sofer (from the title of his book, taken from the words Chiddushei Torah Moshe Sofer), was among the Gaonim and Tzaddikim…

The Beit Rubinstein Yeshiva, which was under the direction of the Rav of Poneiwitz, included among its teachers Rabbi Bertchik (Dov) Rickels Zatzal. He was a Torah genius, with a…

The Messas family was one of the most important in all of Morocco. It gave rise to great sages who served in rabbinic courts and produced many disciples. In our…

Rabbi Moshe ben Machir was among the great men of Sefat who lived some 400 years ago. He was a good friend of Rabbi Shemuel de Uceda, the author of…

Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Levin, author of Tzvi L’Tzaddik, was one of the greatest scholars of his generation. He was endowed with a sharp mind and understood things very quickly. He…

Rabbi Yechezkel Landau, the Rav of Prague, was known by the name of his book Noda B’Yehuda. During his time he was the source par excellence to whom people turned…

Rabbi Aryeh Leib Ginsburg was like his name (aryeh means “lion”). He had a large head like a lion, eyes bright like glowing embers, and his hair was long and…

Jews in Russia gave Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer of Okup, the founder of the Chassidic movement, the name “Baal Shem Tov”. In Germany as well, Jews called Rabbi Yitzchak Aryeh…