Date of Passing: 25-Sivan. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel served as the Nassi of Sanhedrin in the generation of the destruction of the second Holy Temple and was the first of the Ten Martyrs killed by the Romans.
Date of Passing: 25-Sivan. Rabbi Chanina was a Tanna - first generation Torah scholar. He was the deputy Kohen Gadol at the end of the Second Temple period (Yoma 39a).
True faith begins with trusting our great spiritual leaders. Our entire mission in life depends on following the directives of our tzaddikim without questioning. The inner evil inclination wins when it tricks us into opposing or doubting our Torah leaders. Read how to stay strong against the ultimate test of opposition.
Date of Passing: 24 Kislev. Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman was a Haredi rabbi and posek (halakhic authority) in Bnei Brak, Israel. Following the death of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv in 2012, he was widely regarded as the Gadol Hador and the leader of the non-Hasidic Lithuanian Jewish world.
Date of Passing: 12-Elul. Rabbi Simcha Bunam studied in the yeshivot of Mattersdorf and Nikolsburg where his mentor was the gaon Rabbi Mordechai Banet...
Date of Passing: 3-Elul. The first Chief Rabbi of what was then Palestine, Rabbi Kook was perhaps the most misunderstood figure of his time.
Date of Passing: 28-Tammuz. Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv was a world renowned scholar and halachic authority who resided in Jerusalem. Even at the advanced age of 102, Rabbi Elyashiv remained active in the community and was the paramount leader of the Lithuanian community both in Israel and elsewhere.
Date of Passing: 15-Cheshvan. The Chazon Ish devoted his life to the study of Torah, although he also learned astronomy, anatomy, and mathematics, since...
Date of Passing: 23-Av. The Steipler's magnum opus was the "Kehilas Yaakov" containing his unique analysis of most of the tractates and concepts of the Talmud.
Date of Passing: 9-Av. Rabbi Yaacov Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz, the Chozeh of Lublin, is one of the truly beloved figures of Chassidism. He merited the cognomen of Chozeh...
Date of Passing: 3-Tammuz. The seventh leader in the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty is considered to have been the most phenomenal Jewish personality of modern times. "The Rebbe" is undoubtedly the one individual more than any other singularly responsible for stirring the conscience and spiritual awakening of world Jewry.
Date of Passing: 13-Elul. Chacham Yosef was born in 1832 in Baghdad where his father was the Rabbi. The title Chacham (wise man) is commonly used among...
Date of Passing: 11-Nissan. Known as the Shlah after the title of one of his major works "Shnei Luchos Ha-Bris", was a halachist, kabbalist, and communal leader. The Shlah's Prayer for Children is a powerful tefillah to raise righteous offspring.
Date of Passing: 10-Sivan. R’ Gershon Edelstein was the leader of the Haredi Litvish community, head of the Ponevezh Yeshiva, and spiritual guide of the United Torah Judaism party.
Date of Passing: 29-Tevet. He is considered the last of the great Sephardi Kabbalists.
There are so many sublime ways and teachings of tremendous tzaddikim - how do we know which to use in any particular situation? Rebbe Natan gives us a tip for life!
Date of Passing: 19-Tishrei. Rabbi Eliyahu, known as HaGra, was the foremost scholar of Lithuanian Jewry in the 18th century, and has become the spiritual...
The holy Baal Shem Tov departed from this world on Shavuot 5769 (1750). He is the father of the Chassidic movement and great-grandfather of Rebbe Nachman…