Rabbi Meir Shapira • “The Rav of Lublin and Creator of Daf Yomi”
It was the 3rd of Elul, 5683 (1923). Participating in the first general assembly of Agudath Israel was Rabbi Meir Shapira, who arose and proposed the idea of studying “one…
Rabbi Avraham Yoffen • “The Director of the Novardok Yeshivot”
I heard of Rabbi Avraham Yoffen’s name for the first time from my father, Zatzal. He told me that when he studied in the Novardok yeshiva, there was a young…
Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heschel • “The Kapischnitzer Rebbe”
On Monday the 16th of Tammuz 5727 (1967), Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heschel, the Kapischnitzer Rebbe, suddenly passed away. The sad news quickly spread, and thousands rushed to his Be
Rabbi Shimon Shalom Kalish • “The Rebbe of Amshinov”
The chassidim recount that after the death of Rabbi Yitzchak of Kalish (the founder of the line of Rebbes of Vorki and Amshinov), his son Rabbi Yaakov David went from…
Rabbi Aryeh Levine • “The Tzaddik of Jerusalem”
On the eve of Shabbat Hagadol, Nissan 10, 5729 (1969), Rav Aryeh Levine rendered his soul to his Creator. Following his casket were thousands of people, among them Rabbis and…
Rabbi Aaron Rokeach • “The Rebbe of Belz”
Who is not familiar with the name of Belz? Who has not heard the well-known melancholy niggun Mien Shtetele Belz? This small city was made famous around the world because…
Rabbi Ben Zion Yadler • “The Maggid of Jerusalem”
All the days of the life of the Tzaddik Rabbi Ben Zion Yadler were devoted to Torah and the fear of G-d. His voice was heard in the cities of…
Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler
A Rosh Yeshiva in America recounted that he once addressed one of the great men of Mussar, the famous Mashgiach of the yeshiva world of Poland and Lithuania, to ask…
Rabbi Ben Zion Alfes • “The Author of Maase Alfes”
When I look back upon the scenes of my childhood, the image of Rabbi Ben Zion Alfes comes alive before me. He was an elderly man, bent over, with eyes…
Rabbi Shlomo Eliezer Alfandri
Rabbi Shlomo Eliezer was one of the great sages of Sephardic Judaism. All the greats of the land came to see him – Ashkenaz Rabbis and Rebbes, as well as…
