בס"ד
Yahrtzeits
Throughout the rich and robust history of our nation, the Am Yisroel, we were blessed to always have amongst
us many Tzadikim, great people. Some were well known communal leaders and Rabbanim and others
were generally unknown in their lifetimes, yet were great nonetheless, each in their own special way.
If we are already taking the 30 seconds or so to learn 2 Halachos every day, we might as well dedicate
each day's learning to the memories of some of these great people. Learning in memory of a departed soul
is a merit for us, the people learning as well as for the souls in whose memory we are learning.|
It is especially important to learn for the soul on the day of its Yahrtzeit (anniversary of death).
To that end, I will endeavor each day to list here the Yahrtzeit of great people who passed on on this date,
so we can learn in their memory on their respective Yahrtzeits.
The information for these Yahrtzeits have been gleaned from Chinuch.org
If you would like to dedicate the day's learning in honor of a yahrtzeit of a loved one,
let me know and I will try to accomodate you.
May the learning be an eternal Zechus for all of them in Olam Haba, as well as for all of us here on Olam Hazeh.
A daily Halacha reader emailed me the following, which should also be kept in mind on
the yahrtzeit of a Tzaddik:
"According to the Sefer Meilitzei Eish by Rabbi Avraham Stern, Zatzuk'l hy"d (father of the Rabbi Moshe Stern Zatzal the
Debricziner Rav and his brother Rabbi Betzalel Stern Zatzal, author of Shaalos and Teshuvos B'Tzeil HaChochma),
by giving Tzedaka for the benefit of the deceased and learning about him, or (even better) learning a bit of his Torah,
one can enlist the deceased's neshama to to be a meilitz (advocate) on behalf of whatever yeshuos one needs
(this is the theme of the Sefer Meilitzei Eish). I have found this to be a remarkably effective strategy."
The following Tzadikim have passed on to
their eternal resting place in Olam Haba
on today's date 24 Adar
Rav Yitzchak Eizik Margulies of Prague (1525).
Rav
Chaim Algazi of Kushta, author of Nesivos Hamishpot. Student of Rav
Shlomo Algazi Rabbi of Rhodes.
[Dr. Fred Rosner cites Rav Chaim
Yitzchak Algazi in Responsa Derech Aitz Chaim]
Rav Eliyahu HaKohen Ha'Itamari of Izmir, author of Shevet Mussar (according to some - 22 Adar)
(c1650-1729). He was the son of Rav Shlomoh HaKohen the Itamari, whose
lineage apparently dates back to Itamar, the son of Aharon HaKohen. In
his book, Ve'lo Od Ela, Rav Eliyahu describes the earthquake that shook
Izmir, on a Shabbos in 1688, and the many miracles that occurred to the
Jews of the city. All of the synagogues and batei medrash in the city
remained intact, while all of the Moslem mosques collapsed. An hour
after the earthquake, a huge fire burst forth and spread throughout the
city, destroying what remained of it. However, the fire ceased at the
Jewish Quarter, and did not penetrate it. His other works included
Me'il Tzeddakah on the importance of giving tzeddakah, Medrash
Talpiyot, Yado BaKol, Medrash Eliyahu, Aggadas Eliyahu, a two-volume
commentary on the aggados of the Talmud Yerushalmi, Chut shel Chessed
on the Chumash, Dana Peshara, on Shir HaShirim, Rus and Esther, almost
40 sefarim in all.
Rav Betzalel Yair Danziger of Lodz (1761).
Rav Binyamin Diskin of Horodna and Vilna (1844)
Rav
Yitzchak Meyer of Alesk (1829-1904). Born in Belz to Rav Chanoch Henach
of Alesk, author of Lev Sameyach, and Rebbetzen Freide, daughter of the
Sar Shalom of Belz. After learning with his maternal grandfather, he
became a chasid of Rav Yisrael of Ruzhin, and later of his son, Rav
Dovid Moshe of Chortkov. With his father’s petira in 1884, Rav Yitzchak
became Rav in Alesk. He had one daughter, and his son-in-law succeeded
him.
Rav Shlom Elyashiv, author of Leshem Shevo Ve’achlama (1927)
Rav Rav Yitzchak of Stutchin (1940)
Rav Chaim Osher of Radoshitz (1941)
Rav
Yehoshua Menachem Ehrenberg (1904-1976). Born in Kemesce, Hungary. In
1921, he moved to Tarnow to learn in the yeshiva of Rav Meir Arik.
Living in Cracow, Rav Ehrenberg published his first sefer, Rashei
Besamim on the Rokeach, in 1937. During WWII, he was interned in the
Cracow ghetto. He was included in the “Kastner train,” escaping to
Switzerland. In 1945, he moved to Yerushalayim. In November of 1947, he
heeded to request of Rav Herzog to be the Chief Rabbi of the internment
camp on Cyprus; he stayed until the camp was entirely dismantled and
came back to Eretz Yisrael on the last ship. He was appointed Av Beis
Din in Yaffo. When Yaffo was joined to Tel Aviv, he served as a
specialist on Gittin, and was widely regarded as the foremost posek in
this area. He wrote the sefer Teshuvos Dvar Yehoshua.
Rav
Gad (Godel) Eisner (1985), taught at the Talmud Torah of Rav Gershon
Eliyahu Liz in Lodz before WWII, and for many years as maggid shiur and
Mashgiach ruchani at Yeshivas Chidushei haRim in tel Aviv
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