Date of Passing: 15-Adar. R’ Kanievsky was the leader of the Haredi community world-wide, yet he was recognized as one who loved all of Am Yisrael. May he continue to be an advocate for each Jew and for the Jewish nation from his place in Shamayim!
Date of Passing: 13-Adar. Rabbi Moshe Feinstein was a Lithuanian rabbi, scholar, and posek who was world-renowned for his expertise in Halacha. He was regarded by many as the de facto supreme rabbinic authority for Orthodox Jewry of North America.
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…
Date of Passing: 14-Adar. Such a mentor, guide, and friend! Rebbetzin Moscowitz never hesitated to focus on the good, the victories, and the aspects one could build on instead of the flaws. She always had so much to share on every topic.