Rabbi Yonatan Eibeshutz • “Author of Yaarot Dvash”
Rabbi Yonatan Eibeshutz was born about the year 5450 (1690) in Krakow, Poland. He was from a family of rabbis that went back to Rabbi Natan Shapira (author of Megaleh…
Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch • “The Chacham Tzvi”
In 5408 (1648) the fate of Israel became darkened with clouds and shrouded in heavy fog. That hated enemy, Bogdan Chmielnicki and his hordes of Cossacks, attacked Jewish communitie
Rabbi Yaakov Emden • “The Yavetz”
Many great Rabbanim have been known primarily for their works of Halachah. Themselves fleeing from honor and fame, it is only their books on Halachah or Aggadah that have brought…
Rabbi Avraham Azoulay
Rabbi Avraham Azoulay was born in the town of Fez, Morocco in 5330 (1569). His father, Rabbi Mordechai, descended from a great line of sages among the Jews of Spain,…
Rabbi Avraham Aveli Gombiner • “the Magen Avraham”
Rabbi Avraham Aveli Gombiner was one of our greatest Poskim, known by the name of his famous book on the Shulchan Aruch, Orach Haim, Magen Avraham. The son of the…
Rabbi Simcha Bunim of Pshischa
Someone once asked Rabbi Simcha Bunim the following question: “Why do Chassidic avrechim normally leave their families to stay for weeks and months with their ‘Rebbe’ to learn the
Rabbeinu Eliyahu of Vilna – The Vilna Gaon
Our Sages have said, “If the Rav is like an angel of G-d, then seek Torah from his mouth. And if not, then do not seek Torah from him.” Rabbi…
Rabbi Dov Ber – The Maggid of Mezritch
The story is told that when Rabbi Dov Ber was eight years old, a fire broke out in the village of Lukatch where he was born. As a result, his…
Rabbi David Segal Halevi – the Taz
Rabbi David Segal Halevi, the son of Rabbi Shmuel, was born in Ludmir, in the region of Volhynia in 1586. Still very young, he was known for his sharp mind…
Rabbi Shabtai Hacohen – the Shach
In the year in which our revered teacher Rabbi David Halevi (the Rosh Yeshiva of Lvov, who at the time was already advanced in age) completed writing his book Turei…
