Nissan Yarzheits

1 Nissan	Reb Moshe Yosef Hoffman, the Dayan from Pupa
1 Nissan	Nadav and Avihu , sons of Aharon Hakohen Reb Chaim Zundel Maccabi - The Kamenitzer Maggid See here for grave in Edmonton London and photos of the Kamenitzer Maggid from his Sefer Book. when he lived and taught Torah in London. The Kamenitzer Maggid was well known for his spiritual understanding especially his stand on Vegatarianism, refusing to eat meat even refusing to wear leather shoes, and not because of what people call "vegatarianism" but because of a deeper spiritual understanding. He explains in his book that to be able to eat meat ones soul has to be on a high level to absorb the energy of the animal without allowing it to affect ones one mind and soul. This is one of the reason why jewish dietary laws forbid eating certain animals, birds and fish because we need to be careful what food enters our body as it will have an affect on our soul. As is taught from Sefer Shinuyim, Sefer Tikunim and Raziel HaMalach that "we are - what we eat" and everything we eat becomes part of our physical body and our inner soul. The Kamenitzer Maggid - Reb Zundel Maccabi emphasized that everything we eat and everything we wear reflects our soul. If we are not careful or not on a strong spiritual level we can be "taken over" by animal characteristics as our body does not control the influence of animal meat in our body. Hence the expression that some people become and act like "animals" ! The Kamenitzer Maggid preferred to avoid such potentially negative influences and keep his body idealistically pure.
2 Nissan	Reb Yaakov Yosef Twersky, Sqverer Rebbe ( Squarer Rebbe )
2 Nissan	Reb Shulem Dov Ber, the Rebbe RaShaB,5th Lubavitcher Rebbe, 1920
3 Nissan	Reb Aryeh Leib Grossnass, author of Lev Aryeh
3 Nissan	Reb Levi Yitzchak Slonim, son of Rebbetzin Menuchah Rochel, daughter of the Mitteler Rebbe, 1895
3 Nissan	Reb Eliyahu Meir Finkel, Nasi Yeshivas Mir, Jerusalem
4 Nissan	Reb Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenberg, author of Ksav V'kabala
5 Nissan	Reb Avrohom Yehoshua Heshel of Apt, the Ohaiv Yisroel (1794-1876) ( Ohev Yisroel ). He learned under Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk - The Noam Elimelech and Reb Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov. In 1800 he accepted the post of Rabbi of Apta. Although he held many other rabbinic positions, to the chasidim he remained always the Apter Rov. He lived his last years in Medzibosh, the birthplace of the Baal Shem Tov.
5 Nissan	Reb Shneur Zalman Ashkenazi of Lublin, Rov of Polotzk, Lublin; author of Toras Chesed, 1830-1902
5 Nissan	Reb Reuven Yosef Gershonowitz, the tzadik of Ofakim
6 Nissan	Reb Chaim Abulafya, born in Chevron, Rov of Tzefas, Izmir (Turkey), T'veryah (1660-1744), known as a miracle worker
6 Nissan	Reb Aharon Roth, Shomrei Emunim rebbe
6 Nissan	Reb Meir Dan Plotsky, author of Kli Chemda
6 Nissan	Maharam Shiff , Reb Meir Schiff (1608-1644). Born in Frankfurt am Main, he became Rov of the nearby town of Fulda at the age of 17. He wrote chidushim on the Talmud . In 1644, he was appointed Rov of Prague, but he died at the age of 36 shortly after his arrival in Prague .
7 Nissan	Dr. Moshe Wallach, founder of Shaarei Tzedek hospital
8 Nissan	Reb Eliyahu Shapira MiPrague, the Eliyah Rabba and Eliyah Zuta on the Levush to Orach Chaim. He was a student of the Magen Avrohom in his youth.
8 Nissan	Reb Eliyahu Hakadosh of York, Rabbeinu Yom Tov, and several other English Tosafists, who perished at Clifford's Tower, during the Crusades, in York 1146. Hence the Cherem of York , the tradition in England of forbidding Jews to never sleep in the City of York overnight.
8 Nissan	Reb Yaakov Tzvi Yales of Premezyln, author of Melo Haroim and Kehillas Yaakov, 1825
8 Nissan	Reb Yechiel Michel Tikochinsky, author of Gesher Hachayim
9 Nissan	Reb Chaim Meir Hager, the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz (1888-1972) see www.famous rabbis.com / viznitzher rebbe
9 Nissan	Reb Aryeh Levine, the Tzadik from Yerushalayim, Mashgiach, Yeshiva Eitz Chaim
10 Nissan	Miriam Hanevia (1274 BCE)
10 Nissan	Reb Betzalel Hacohen of Vilna, author of Mareh Cohen
11 Nissan	Reb Moshe ben Nachman, the Ramban, [1270] , Born in Gerona, he remained there most of his life. was a student of the Rama (Rabbeinu Meir ha'Levi Abulefia). He authored the Milchamos Hashem on the Rif Alfasi against the critique of Baal HaMaor and Ravad. He also wrote a work defending the Behag against the Rambam’s criticisms of his classification of mitzvos. He wrote an account of his public disputation in Barcelona with the convert Pablo Christiani in 1263. The Ramban’s commentary on Chumash is multi-dimensional including all methods of interpretation from simple pshat to esoteric Kabbala. The Ramban held that the mitzva of settling Eretz Yisrael applies even today and ultimately settled there himself during the last years of his life.
11 Nissan	Reb Yeshayah Horowitz, author of Shnei Luchos Habris (Shelah Hakodesh) (1560-1630), Poland, Frankfurt, Prague, and Jerusalem. Studied under his father, Reb Avrohom (author of Emek Brachah; Chesed L'Avraham on Rambam's Shmoneh Prakim), Pnei Yehoshua. For photos of the Holy Grave of the Shloh Hakadosh in Teverya Tiberias Israel טבריה Please see ww.famousrabbis.com/The Shloh
12 Nissan	Reb Shlomo Zalman Lifshitz, Rov of Warsaw, author of Chemdas Shlomo (1839)   Rabbi Ernest Weill of Colmar France ( see here for grave - matzeiva ) Rebetzin Rochel Zeitlyn, Zeitlin, wife of the Famous Gaon Rabbi Dov Berish Zeitlyn of Vilna 5680 - 1920, see here for photos where he is buried in Edmonton London
13 Nissan	Reb Yosef Karo, Beis Yosef, Shulchan Aruch, Kesef Mishneh,and Magid Meisharim, (1488-1575) His first major work, the Beis Yosef is a comprehensive commentary on the Tur; it took 20 years to write. In it, he gathered the opinions and decisions of all the major authorities up until his time and cross-referenced them. He ruled between differing views on the basis of a consensus between the three preeminent halachic authorities, the Rif, the Rambam, and the Rosh. The work was completed in 1542, but he continued to refine it for the next 12 years, and published a second edition. After he had completed the Beis Yosef, Rav Caro made a summary of his rulings in the form of an index without reference to sources and titled it Shulchan Aruch ("Laid Table"). It was completed in 1555 in Israel; it was first published in Venice in 1565. Eventually, the Rama's gloss (called HaMapa -- "The Tablecloth") was published together with the Shulchan Aruch in Cracow in 1578, and together they became the universally recognized Code of Jewish Law. The Rambam had published his Mishna Torah without references for his rulings. The Maggid Mishna, a commentary on Mishneh Torah written by Rabbi Vidal di Tolouse, had referenced six of the fourteen sections of the work, and Rav Caro set out to complete the references, while at the same time explaining the Rambam's view and defending it from the Raavad. The Kesef Mishneh, as it was called, was published in Venice between the years 1574-76.
13 Nissan	Reb Moshe ben Chaim Alshich (1521-1593), author of Toras Moshe, in Tzfas. Born in Adrianople, Turkey, student of Rav Yosef Karo in Adrianople and Rav Taitatzak in Salonica; authored Toras Moshe in Tzfas. His students included Rav Chaim Vital and Maharitatz (Rav Yom Tov ben Moshe Tzahalon).
13 Nissan	Rabbi Menachem Mendel, the Tzemach Tzedek, 3rd Lubavitcher Rebbe, [1866]
14 Nissan	Reb Avrohom Yaffen, Rosh Yeshivas Novordok, (1897-1970). Educated as a youth in the Pinsk Talmud Torah, he then learned under Reb Isser Zalman Meltzer in Slutzk. In 1913, he was apppinted rosh yeshiva of the main Novardok yeshiva by Reb Yosef Yoizel Horowitz, as well as his son-in-law. By 1939, there were over 80 Novardok yeshivas throughout Poland, with over 4000 students. He moved to Eretz Yisroel in 1964.
15 Nissan	Yehuda ben Yaakov Avinu
15 Nissan	Reb Yona Teumim Frenkel , author of Kikayon D'Yona 1669 - 5429 Buried in Metz, France see photos and article on Reb Yona and ספר קיקיון דיונה and the page on METZ .
16 Nissan	Levi ben Yaakov Avinu
16 Nissan	Rabbi Nosson Ordman, Rosh Yeshivas Etz Chaim London , Talmid of Telzer Rosh Yeshiva
16 Nissan	Reb Mordechai Dov Ber Twerski of Tomashpol, son of Reb Nochum, son of the Mitteler Rebbe, [1920] Reb Simcha Zissel Brodie, Rosh Yeshiva of Chevron, 2000.
17 Nissan	Reb Yisroel Noach of Niezhin, son of the Tzemach Tzedek, [1883]   Reb Shlomo Wolbe, mashgiach of Yeshivas Givat Shaul in Yerushalayims Sanhedria neighborhood (1916-2005). Born in Berlin, Rav Wolbe's early education was in the Yeshiva of Frankfurt and in Rav Botchko's yeshiva in Montreux, Switzerland. In the 1930s, he spent several years in Mir, where he became a close talmid Reb Yerucham Levovitz and Reb Chatzkal Levenstein. Rav Wolbe spent the war years in Sweden. After the war, Reb Shlomo Wolbe moved to Petach Tikvah, where he married the daughter of Reb Avrohom Grodzinsky, hy"d, the last mashgiach of Slobodka. Through her, he became a nephew of Reb Yaakov Kaminetzky, and a brother-in-law of Reb Chaim Kreisworth. In 1948, Reb Wolbe became mashgiach at Yeshivah Gedolah of Be'er Yaakov, a position he held for over 35 years. Later, he served as mashgiach in the Lakewood Yeshiva in Eretz Yisroel and he opened Yeshivas Givat Shaul. He published his first Hebrew work, Alei Shur, to provide today's yeshiva student with a basic guide to assist him to become a ben Torah.
17 Nissan	Reb Reuven Hakohen Katz of Prague (1673), author of Yalkut Reuveni, a collection of kabbalistic material, arranged according to the verses in the Torah.
17 Nissan	Reb Meir Abuchatzeira of Ashdod ( son of Baba Sali ) 1983 .
17 Nissan	Reb Moshele , succeeded his father as a true oheiv Yisroel continuing his father, Reb Avrohom Yehoshua Heschel, as Kapischnitzer Rebbe, until his sudden petirah in 1975. see our feature www.famousrabbis.com
18 Nissan	Reb Yehoshua Falk, author of Meiras Einayim and Dereishah & Pereishah on the Tur, Rosh Yeshiva in Lemberg, grandfather of Pnei Yehoshua (1614) Reb Meir Halevi Abulafia, the Yad Rama, 1244. Reb Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (1903-1993), he was Reb Moshe Soloveitchik's son (Reb Chaim's grandson).  He was a Rav in Boston and traveled to Yeshiva University for a couple days every week.  He is known as "The Rav" in Boston and at the YU communities. ( see history on the OU.org website )
19 Nissan	Reb Aharon of Karlin (1736-1772) , Student of the Maggid of Mezritch, founder of Chasidus in Belarus and the Karlin-Stolin dynasty. (1736-1772)
19 Nissan	Reb Menachem Zemba author of Tozaos Chaim, murdered in the Warsaw Ghetto 1943-5703 see www.famousrabbis.com (also known as Reb Menachem Prager) (1883-1943). Born in Praga, a small neighborhood of Warsaw along the right bank of the Wisla River, Reb Menachem was only nine years old when his father, Reb Elazar Ziemba died. He the lived and learned with his grandfather, Reb Avrohom Ziemba. He married Mindel, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, Reb Chaim Yeshaya Tzederboim, when he was 18. When his father-in-law died on 11 Kislev, 1920, he wrote a treatise on carrying on Shabbos and entitled it Totza’as Chaim in his honor. He became a chasid of Reb Avrohom Mordechai of Gur, the Imrei Emes. He was appointed Chief Rabbi of Warsaw in 1935. He became close to Reb Meir Simcha of Dvinsk, and through him, his son-in-law, Reb Avrome’le Luftbir of Warsaw. When the latter died childless in 1919 Reb Menachem published his sefer Zera Avrohom, based on their many correspondences. He died in the Warsaw ghetto.   Reb Shlomo Leib of Lentche, 1843. Reb Yaakov Yosef Weiss of Sprinka, 1988. Reb Shmuel Alexander Unsdorfer of Petach Tikva, 2002.
19 Nissan 19 Nissan	Reb Yoshua Falk Katz, author of SMA Reb Simcha Ziskind Broide, see www.famousrabbis.com/Reb Simcha Broide
20 Nissan	Rav Hai bar Sherira Hagaon, rosh yeshivas Pompedisa in Babylon[1038]
20 Nissan	Reb Yitzchak Chori, dayan in Djerba
20 Nissan	Reb Yechezkel Panet of Karlsberg, author of Mareh Yechezkel, 1845
20 Nissan 21 Nissan	Reb Yitzchak Dov Ber of Liadi, grandson of the Tzemach Tzedek, author of Siddur MaHaRiD, [1910] Reb Moshe ben Yosef MiTrani, the Mabit (1505-1585). Son of the famous Rav Yosef MiTrani (Mahait), Reb Moshe was born in Salonika, Greece. He was sent to sent to Adrianople (Italy) as a boy to pursue his studies under the supervision of his uncle Aaron. At the age of 16 he went to Safed and completed his studies under Yaakov Beirav. He was one of four people to receive the special semicha from him in 1538, in Tzefat, along with Rabbi Yosef Karo, Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, and Rabbi Yosef Sagis. In 1525 he was appointed rabbi at Safed; he held this office until 1535, when he moved to Jerusalem, where he lived until 1585. His main work was Kiryat Sefer, a commentary on Rambam's Yad Chazakah. Hamabit, was an halachic responsa with 841 answers. He also wrote Beit Elo-him – a thematic discussion of the elements of prayer.
22 Nissan	Reb Yehudah Rosanes of Constantinople, author of Mishneh Limelech [1727] ,   Reb Yitzchak Kalish (1779-1848), founder of the Vorki dynasty, father of Reb Yaakov David (founder of the Amshinov dynasty) and Reb Menachem Mendel, who continued the Vorki dynasty. Through his travels with his teacher, Reb Dovid of Lelov, he became a disciple of R. Yaakov Yitzchak (the "Chozeh") of Lublin and of Reb Simcha Bunim of Peshischa. Some of his teachings and stories involving him appear in Ohel Yitzchak and Hutzak Chein.. Dr. Nathan Birnbaum, 1864-1937. A leader in the early Zionist movement, he is credited for coining the word “Zionism” in 1890. He played a prominent part in the First Zionist Congress (1897) and was elected Secretary General of the Zionist Organization. However, ideological differences with Theodore Herzl led to his leaving the movement. In the years preceding World War I he gradually abandoned his materialistic and secular outlook, eventually embracing full traditional Judaism. He may be seen as the forerunner of the modern Baal Teshuvah movement. His most famous book of this period was Gottesvolk (“G-d’s People”) first published in German and Yiddish in 1917 (translated into English in a shortened form by J. Elias in 1947 titled "Confession"). In 1919, he became the first Secretary General of the new Agudath Yisrael Organization. He lived in Berlin 1921-1933. After the rise of Nazism, he left Germany for Scheveningen, Netherlands, until his death.
24 Nissan	Reb Avrohom Yehoshua Heshel Weinberg, the Slonimer Rebbe
24 Nissan	Reb Chaim Yitzchak Chaikin, rosh yeshiva of Aixes-les-Baine , France
25 Nissan	Reb Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, author of Divrei Chaim (1794-1876)
26 Nissan	Reb Efraim Navon, the Machaneh Efraim
26 Nissan	Yehoshua bin Nun (1243 BCE)
27 Nissan	Reb Osher Margulies,, a Yerushalmi mekubal, author of Kumi V'Roni Rabbi Avigdor Miller of Ocean Parkway New York see www.famousrabbis.com/ Rabbi Miller . Reb Avigdor Miller. While he attended public school like all the other Jewish boys from religious homes, he studied Torah with his grandfather and other local rabbonim. At the age of 14, he left to study at Yeshivas Rabbenu Yitzchok Elchonon, which at the time was the only Jewish high school offering high-level Jewish studies in the U.S. It was there that he met future leaders of US Jewery, such as Reb Nosson Wachtfogel, Reb Yehuda Davis and Reb Mordechai Gifter. They met secretly in HaRav Miller's dormitory room in to hear a shiur in Mesillas Yeshorim by Reb Yaakov Yosef Herman. In 1932, he followed Reb Izaak Sher to Slobodka, where he spent 6 years learning. In 1935 he married his life partner for sixty-four years, Ethel Lessin (1909-2001). The first rabbinical position which Reb Avigdor accepted was in Chelsea, Massachusetts. In 1944, Reb Avigdor Miller was offered a job as mashgiach of Chaim Berlin by Rav Hutner. Shortly after he arrived, he was invited by the Young Israel of Rugby to be their unofficial Rov. The shul, located at East 49 street in Brooklyn, a position which became official in 1946-47. He began writing his first book, Rejoice O Youth, in 1963. In 1964, when Yeshivas Chaim Berlin moved to Far Rockaway, Rabbi Miller decided to resign and devote himself full time to his congregation and his writings. The Shiur he gave on Thursday evenings was a "mussar" shmus for ordinary people, these lessons were taped and throughout the whole torah world could hear these tapes which changed "ordinary" peoples lives into lives of "torah scholars"
28 Nissan	Reb Aryeh Shapira, rosh yeshivas Volozhin
29 Nissan	Reb Mordechai Shlomo Yosef Friedman, Sadigora Rebbe The "Rebetzin" , wife of Reb Yankele Leizer of Pshevorsk and daughter of "Reb Itzikal" The Rebetzin was known by many people as the mother and grandmother we all wished we had. Her warmth, hospitality and practical help in life full of kindness made her one of the world righteous women a true אשת חיל . See "The Ohel - Tomb of Reb Itzikal & Reb Yankele of Peshevorsk", including photos of the holy tomb of the famous Rebbes of Pshevorsk, Reb Itzikal Gewirczman and his son-in-law Reb Yankele Leiser and the "Rebetzin".
30 Nissan	Reb Chaim Vital, student of the Ari ZaL, author of Eitz Chayim, [1620]. Please see www.gilgulim.com/Reb Chaim for full history and a website on Gilgulim "Re-incarnation" taken from Reb Chaim Vitals book Sefer Gilgulim , and for the free download of his famous "Sefer Shaar Kavonus" Reb Yaakov Berav, born in Spain, lived in Tzefas (1474-1546)
30 Nissan	Reb Yaakov Emden (1698-1776), known as Yavetz (Yaakov ben Tzvi), son of the Chacham Tzvi. Settled in Altoona in 1733. Rabbi Nesanel Weill, Av Beis Din of Karlsruhe and author of Korban Nesanel (1769). On October 17, 1750, he was elected to be Oberland- rabbiner for both Markgrafschaften of Baden-Durlach and Baden- Baden, and also all of the Unterlande. His son, Reb Yedidya Taya Weil, is the author of the Hagadah Marbeh Lesaper. His commmentary and responsa on the Talmud is his most famous work known as the "Korban Nesanel", and is printed on every page of the Talmud that we use today.
30 Nissan	Rabeinu Yosef Halevi Migash, talmid of the Rif
30 Nissan	Rav Moshe Hershler, editor of Talmudic Encyclopedia

Famous Rabbis Yarzheits

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