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…
In Memory of the Tzadikim — biographies of the righteous, in the spirit of Hevrat Pinto.
Rabbi Haim Ben Attar • “The Holy Ohr HaHaim”
The city of Sale, located on the Atlantic coast at the far end of Morocco, is not large in terms of cities. The Jewish community there, although small in number,…
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…
Rabbi Eliyahu David Rabinowitz-Teomim • “The Aderet”
Rabbi Eliyahu David and his brother, Rabbi Tzvi Yehudah, were twins (teomim) born to the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Binyamin on Sivan 6, 5603 (1843) in the tiny city of…
Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin • “The Rav of Brisk”
At the gates of the old city of Jerusalem, lying on the side of a beautiful hill, stands a great and imposing building that shelters orphans. This house is known…
