September Archives

All Jews who come to the cemetery in Krakow (the Rema’s city) are shocked to see that the grave of Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman, author of the commentary of the…

Rabbi Abba was among the great Amoraim. He was the student of Shemuel, and though he learned from the great Babylonian Rabbanim, he often traveled to Eretz Israel to learn…

Born in the town of Troyes, France in 4800 (1040), Rabbi Shlomo ben Itzchak, better known as Rashi, stemmed from a prestigious line of rabbis that included the Tanna Rabbi…

Rabban Gamliel and Rabbi Yehoshua were in a boat. Rabban Gamliel had some bread and Rabbi Yehoshua had some semolina. When Rabban Gamliel used up his bread, he began to…

The illustrious Toledano family has its origins in the city of Toledo, Spain. In 5252 (1492), at the time of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, the ancestor of…

Rav Huna belonged to the second generation of Babylonian Amoraim, and he was named Rosh Yeshiva of the academy at Sura after the death of Rav. Despite his greatness, the…

Rabbi Yitzhak Taieb had incredible talents that expressed themselves on each page of his written works. The son of the Gaon Rabbi Haim Faladji recounts that while Rabbi Yitzhak Tai

To this day the Jews of Morocco evoke with awe and veneration the name of the holy Tzaddik, Rabbi Ephraim Enkaoua, may his merit protect us. Rabbi Ephraim was born…

Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik was born on the second day of Rosh Hashanah in the year 5676 (1915) in the city of Brisk. His father, the Gaon Rabbi Israel Gershon, was…

The Ibn Danan family is among the most illustrious and ancient families of Morocco. In the Jewish quarter of Fez stood the “Ibn Danan” Beit Midrash, the property of this…