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 23 Elul
Rav Yisrael of Pikov, son of Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1818)
Rav
Uri, the Seraph of Strelisk, author of Imrei Kodesh
(1826). A disciple of Rav Shlomo of Karlin and of Rav
Mordechai of Neshchiz, he was the brother-in-law of
Rav Menachem Mendel of Kosov. His main disciple was
Rav Yehuda Zvi Hirsch, the first of the
Stretyn dynasty.
Rav Yosef Baabad, the
Minchas Chinuch (a commentary on Sefer
Hachinuch), Rav of Tarnapol, Poland (1874).
His “last name” is an acronym for B'nei Av
Beit Din.
Rav Yitzchak Menachem Danziger,
the Alexander Rebbe, author of Akeidas
Yitzchak, killed in Treblinka with eight of
his children (1942)
Rav Meir Yehuda Getz,
Rav of the Kosel and Rosh Yeshivas Beit El
(1924-1995). After one of his sons, a paratrooper,
was killed in the battle for Jerusalem during the 1967
Six Day War, Rav Getz moved to the Old City and settled
in the Jewish Quarter. He established a yeshiva
there, and took up the duties he held until
his death. In July 1981 Rav Getz was
constructing a new synagogue behind the Wall
that would face the Temple Mount. While the
construction was going on, workers accidentally
discovered Warren's Gate and an open area behind it
that they believed to be from the First Temple period.
Rav
Nachman Dovid Dubinky (1911-2006). Born in The
Old City of Yerushalayim, where his father came after
leaving Russia as a Breslaver chossid. His father was
niftar when Rav Nachman was 16 years old. He learned
in Yeshivas Eitz Chaim for decades. There, he
heard shiurim from Rav Issur Zalman, Rav
Aharon Kotler, as well as the Gidulei Shmuel,
Rav Shmuel Gedalya Neiman, and the Darkei
Dovid, Rav Mordechai Dovid Levine. Rav Nachman
lived in Bais Yisrael and a few other places,
before settling in Botei Machsa when he and his Rebbetzin
got married in 1932, after which they moved to Botei
Natan where he lived for the next 70 years. Rav
Nachman's occupation through the years was
sitting and learning Torah.
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