Living Legacy: The Atzei Chaim of Sighet
By: Yehuda AlterShabbos, the 6th of Shevat, marks the yohrtzeit of Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, known as the Atzei Chaim. He was the.... read more
Living Legacy: Rav Avrohom Chaim of Zlotchiv
By: Yehuda AlterThursday, 26 Teves, marks the yohrtzeit of Rav Avrohom Chaim, the son of Rav Gedaliah Moshe, author of Orach L’Chaim.... read more
Living Legacy: Rebbe Avrohom Yaakov of Sadiger on his Tenth Yohrtzeit
Yehuda AlterThursday, the 19th of Teves, marks one decade since the passing of the Sadigerer Rebbe, known as the Ibvei.... read more
Living Legacy: Rebbe Moshe of Pshevorsk
By: Yehuda AlterThe 12th of Teves marks the yohrtzeit of Rebbe Moshe Halevi of Pshevorsk, zy”a, known by the title of his sefer "Ohr.... read more
Living Legacy: Rav Shabsi Yogel
By: Yehuda AlterAsoroh b’Teves marks the yohrtzeit of Rav Shabsi Yogel, the Rosh Yeshiva in the town of Slonim, Poland, who was as great.... read more
Living Legacy: Rebbe Yisroel of Husyatin
By Yehuda AlterThe 29th of Kislev marks the yohrtzeit of the Husyatiner Rebbe, a grandson and namesake of the "Heiliger Ruziner," who.... read more
Living Legacy: Rebbe Dovid of Skver, zt”l
By: Yehuda Alter Friday, 15 Kislev, marks the 103rd yohrtzeit of Rebbe Dovid of Skver, the second in this dynasty. He.... read more
Living Legacy: Rebbe Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch
By: Yehuda AlterThe founder of the Chassidus of Chabad-Lubavitch was Rebbe Shneur Zalman Shneersohn, known and the Ba’al Hatanya, and.... read more
Living Legacy: Rav Aharon Kotler, zt”l, on His 60th Yahrzeit
By Yehuda AlterThis Shabbos, 2 Kislev, marks the 60th yahrzeit of Rav Aharon Kotler, zt”l, Rosh Yeshiva of Kletzk and Lakewood, one of.... read more
Living Legacy: Rav Ephraim Eliezer Yolles
By: Yehuda AlterThis Shabbos marks the yohrtzeit of Rav Yolles of Philadelphia.From the age of ten, Ephraim Eliezer was already.... read more
Living Legacy: Rebbe Menachem Yisroel of Kosson, zt”l, Upon his 20th Yohrtzeit
By: Yehuda Alter The Shabbos, the 18th of Cheshvan, will mark 20 years since the passing of the Kossoner Rebbe, Rebbe Menachem Yisroel.... read more
Living Legacy: Rav Shimon Shkop, zt”l, Rosh Yeshiva of Shaar HaTorah Grodno
By: Yehuda Alter Thursday, 9 Cheshvan, marks the yohrtzeit of one of the most important Roshei Yeshiva in the prewar era. As a Rosh.... read more
Living Legacy: Rebbe Yisroel of Ruzin, zy”a
By: Yehuda Alter The 3rd day in the month of Cheshvan marks the yohrtzeit of the holy Ruziner. Among chassidim it is said that, like.... read more
Living Legacy: Chasam Sofer on his Yohrtzeit, 260 Years Since his Birth
By: Yehuda Alter 25 Tishrei marks the 182nd yohrtzeit of the holy Chasam Sofer, one of the most important figures in modern history,.... read more
Living Legacy: Rav Yaakov Yosef of Ostroh, Known as Rav Yaivee
By: Yehuda AlterAmong the early luminaries of the chassidic movement, whose Sefer remains a classic to this day, is “Rav Yaivee,”.... read more
Living Legacy: Rav Chaim Berlin, zt”l
By: Yehuda Alter One of the great gedolim of the turn-of-the-century Lithuania, Rav Chaim was a great-grandson of Rav Chaim.... read more
Living Legacy: The Shpoler Zeide
By: Yehuda Alter6 Tishrei marked the yohrtzeit of Rebbe Yehuda Aryeh Leib, known as the Shpoler Zeide,.... read more