
Living Legacy: Rav Shlomke Zviller, zt”l
By: Yehuda Alter A tzaddik and a kadosh who illuminated the city of Yerushalayim, the yohrtzeit of Rav Shloimke falls on 26 Iyar, the sefirah of.... read more

Living Legacy: The Chernobyler Maggid, zy”a
By: Yehuda Alter 20 Sivan marks the 185th yohrtzeit of Rebbe Mottele (Twersky) of Chernobyl, known as the Chernobyler Maggid, the father of all.... read more

Living Legacy: Rav Eliyohu Chaim Meisel, zt”l, Upon his 110th Yohrtzeit
By: Yehuda Alter Pesach Sheini marks the 110th yohrtzeit of the famed and legendary Rav Eliyahu Chaim Meisel, zt”l, who led the great city of.... read more

Living Legacy: Rebbe Eliezer Chaim Rabinovitch of Yomapoli, zt”l, the first chassidishe Rebbe in America.
By: Yehuda AlterScion of RoyaltyThe year was 1892, and a chassidishe Rebbe from eastern Galicia (today Ukraine) alighted the ship at Ellis Island. It.... read more

Living Legacy: Rav Avigdor Hakohen Miller, zt”l
By: Yehuda AlterThe history is still being written of the brilliance and the mussar represented by Rav Avigdor Miller, zt”l, and Yidden from.... read more

Living Legacy: Rav Shimon Yisroel Posen, Shoproner Ruv, zt”l
By: Yehuda AlterThe seventh day of Pesach marks the 53rd yohrtzeit of the Shoproner Ruv who established generations of talmidim in the prewar and.... read more

Living Legacy: Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dunner, zt”l, upon his 15th Yohrtzeit
By: Yehuda AlterFriday, 14 Nissan, marks the fifteenth yohrtzeit of Rav Dunner, zt”l, longtime leader of the United Kehillos in London, head of.... read more

Living Legacy: Rav Aryeh Levin, zt”l, ‘Father of the Prisoners’
By: Yehuda AlterSunday, 9 Nissan, marks the yohrtzeit of Rav Aryeh, known as the “Tzaddik of Yerushalayim” on account of his superhuman love and.... read more

Living Legacy: The Rebbe Rashab of Lubavitch, zt”l
By: Yehuda Alter Rebbe Sholom Dovber Schneerson, the fifth Rebbe of Chabad—one of the most consequential figures of his time—was niftar on.... read more

Living Legacy: Rebbe Baruch Pinchos of Skolya, zt”l
By: Yehuda AlterSunday, 24 Adar, marks the 102nd yohrtzeit of the Skolya Rebbe, Rebbe Baruch Pinchos Rabinovitch, who was niftar in Vienna in 1920 at.... read more

Living Legacy: Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, zt”l, Upon his 90th Yohrtzeit
By: Yehuda Alter Precisely 90 years have passed since the petirah of Rav Sonnenfeld, the leader of the Old Yishuv in Yerushalayim, who was.... read more

Living Legacy: Rav Eizik’l Kalever, zy”a
By: Yehuda AlterThe first Hungarian chassidishe Rebbe, the patriarch of the great Kalever dynasty still in existence today, Rav.... read more

Living Legacy: Rav Uri Hakohen Yolles of Sambor
By: Yehuda Alter The Yolles family is a prominent Rabbinic family hailing from Galicia, descended from great tzaddikim, and ardent talmidim of.... read more

Living Legacy: Rav God’l Eisner, zt”l
Yehuda AlterThis week, 25 Adar, we mark the yohrtzeit of a legend in the Gerer chassidus, and to many outside it. Rav God’l was not only a.... read more

Living Legacy: Rav Chaskel Levenstein, zt”l, A Legend of Mussar
By: Yehuda AlterShabbos, 18 Adar, marks the yohrtzeit of Rav Chaskel Levenstein of the Mir and Ponovezh, a giant of mussar who inspired generations.... read more

Living Legacy: The Avnei Neizer, zt”l
Shabbos, 11 Adar Alef, marks the 112th yohrtzeit of the Avenei Nezer, Rebbe Avrohom (Burnstein) of Sochazow, one of Poland’s greatest ge’onim of.... read more

Living Legacy: The Beis Yisroel of Ger, zy”a, on his 45th yohrtzeit.
By: Y. Halevi. It has been forty five years since the passing of the heilige Beis Yisroel, Rebbe Yisroel Alter, zy”a, the fourth Gerer Rebbe—and.... read more

Living Legacy: Rav Yisroel Salanter, Founder of the Mussar Movement
Photos of brand-new ohel, and local mispalelim, on yohrtzeit25 Shvat marks the 139th yohrtzeit of Rav Yisroel Lipkin, zy”a, the founder of the.... read more