Rav Yitzchak Zilber, zt”l, legendary champion of Russian Jewry, was a humble talmid chacham and teacher, whose incredible self-sacrifice and dedication inspired and strengthened generations
Reb Yitzchak Meir Alter, the first Gerrer Rebbe, also known by the title of his writings, “Chiddushei HaRim,” was a talmid of Reb Simcha Bunim
Late one night, Yankele knocked at the door of his rebbe. Exasperated, he was barely able to breathe, let alone speak. “Rebbe,” he gasped, “I
Reb Dovid Leib Schvartz, a Viznitzer chassid, endearingly referred to as der heiligeh schnorrer, —the holy beggar,” was a beloved and well-known gabbai tzedakah in
Rebbe Yisrael Alter—the Beis Yisroel of Gur, zt”l—was fond of repeating a maaseh (story) about his great-grandfather, Reb Yitzchok Meir, the Chiddushei Harim: One day,
Rav Daniel Movshovitz, HY”D, was the menahel of the Talmud Torah of Kelm. He was an embodiment of mussar, refinement, greatness in Torah, faith, straightforward
Rav Yehoshua Yogel, zt”l, was born in Lodz, Poland, and was a student of the famed Lithuanian yeshiva in Kletzk, where he studied with the
By Rabbi Judah Mischel In the second half of the 20th century, Rav Eliyahu Roth, zt”l, was one of the great talmidei chachamim and holy
Rav Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld, zt”l, the righteous “Guardian of Jerusalem”, was the revered leader of the Yishuv haYashan. One of the founders of the Eidah
Chacham Yosef Chaim of Baghdad was the great posek, Kabbalist and community leader of Sefardic Jewry at the turn of the 19th Century. He wrote
Rav Shimshon Pincus, zt”l, once related an extraordinary encounter he had with a granddaughter of the holy Chafetz Chaim, zt”l. She was already an elderly
Although Menachem Mendel Beilis came from a chasidishe family, he was “indifferent” to religion and assimilated—working at a brick factory, seven days a week in
