Rabbi Pesach Pruskin • “The Rav of Kobrin”
Rabbi Pesach, the Rav of Kobrin, was among one of the great teachers of Torah during the last century, becoming famous as a remarkable Rosh Yeshiva while he was still…
In Memory of the Tzadikim — biographies of the righteous, in the spirit of Hevrat Pinto.
Rabbi Tzvi Yechezkel Michelson
The Rabbinic Council of Warsaw counted about 20 rabbis in its ranks, all of them Torah greats. Among them was one rabbi who was known for being a very active…
Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Carlebach • “The Rav of Hamburg”
Rabbi Yosef Tzvi, the last Rav of Hamburg, was an extraordinary and radiant man. He had special charm and possessed uncommon spiritual strength, and a Torah of truth was in…
Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Krasilschikov • “Commentator of the Yerushalmi”
Rabbi Israel Meir, the Chafetz Chaim, said: “When a man sets out to do something, he should not ask himself if he is capable of doing it. He must act…
Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam – The Sanzer Rebbe
by Rabbi David Hanania Pinto Shlita Renowned as much for his scholarship as for his holiness, the leader and spiritual head of hundreds of thousands of Jews in the United…
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein
During the Fast of Esther, the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Moshe Feinstein was called back by his Creator at the age of 91. His funeral took place during Shushan Purim…
Rabbi Eliezer Zusha Portugal • The Skulener Rebbe
On Wednesday the 29th of Av, 5742 (Aug 18, 1982), the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Zusha Portugal, the Skulener Rebbe, was called back to G-d at the age of…
Rabbi Yisroel Spira • “The Bluzhever Rebbe”
The oldest of the Rebbes, the Rav and Tzaddik Rabbi Yisroel Spira Zatzal of Bluzhev, passed away on Tuesday, Heshvan 2, 5750 in Brooklyn at the age of 100. His…
Rabbi Yitzchak Menachem Danziger • “The Alexander Rebbe”
The last Rebbe of the Alexander chassidim was the Tzaddik Rabbi Yitzhak Danziger, who died in the Holocaust. He was born to Rabbi Shemuel Tzvi, the author the Torah commentary…
Rabbi Ben-Zion Halberstam • “The Bobover Rebbe”
The chassidim recount that Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Zanz, the author of Divrei Chaim, once went to see his grandson Rabbi Shlomo, the founder of the Bobov dynasty. There he…
