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Jewish date of death of our Gedolim & a bit about who they were. PLEASE NOTE: Tweets go out soon after the Jewish day begins in Eretz Yisrael (nightfall).
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15 Shvat: R'Baruch Kunstat (1885-1967). Along with Rav Yechiel Michel Shlesinger, he founded Yeshiva Kol Torah in 1939.
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15 Shvat: R'Chaim Mordechai Margulies (1832). Author of Shaarei Teshuva.
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14 Shvat: R'Aryeh Kaplan (1935-83). Produced over 60 books on philosophy, Halacha, Kabbalah & Chassidus. Inspired many Jews to return to observance.
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14 Shvat: R'Aharon Aryeh Leib Leifer, the Nadvorna Rebbe (1817-97). Author of Yad Aharon.
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14 Shvat: R'Yaakov Yehoshua Falk Katz, the Pnei Yehoshua (1680-1756). Rav in Lemburg, Berlin, Mez & Frankfort. Wrote his famous sefer on Shas after being saved from a burning building.
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13 Shvat: R'Baruch Sorotzkin (1917-79). Rosh Yeshiva of Telshe in Cleveland. Talmid of R'Elchonon Wasserman & R'Baruch Ber Lebovitz.
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13 Shvat: R'Mordechai of Lechovitz (1810). Founder of Lechovitz, Korbin & Slonim dynasties.
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12 Shvat: R'Shabtai Aton (1925-2006). Mashgiach in Parat Yosef & Rosh Yeshivas Reishis Chochmah. Author - Ruach Chochma & Reishis Da'as.
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12 Shvat: R'Meir Atlas (1848-1926). Rav in Libau, Kurland, Salant, Korbin & Shavli. Father-in-law of R'Elchonon Wasserman & R'Chaim Ozer Grodzinski. Helped found the Yeshiva of Telshe in 1875.
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12 Shvat: R'Chaim Kapusi (~1540-1631). Rav and Dayan in Egypt. Author - Sifsei Chaim on the Sifri & Mechilta & Be’or Hachaim on Chumash.
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11 Shvat: R’Yisrael Noach Weinberg (1930-2009). Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah, a global network of kiruv programs. Author - The 48 Ways to Wisdom, What the Angel Taught You: Seven Keys to Life Fulfillment etc.
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11 Shvat: R'Yehuda Leib of Dessau and Berlin (1806). Author of Korban Eidah.
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10 Shvat: R’Yosef Tzvi Salant (1885-1981). Rav & Darshan in Yerushalayim. Author of the Sefer Be’er Yosef al HaTorah.
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10 Shvat: R'Yitzchak Eizek Sher of Slabodka (1875-1952). Reestablished the European branch of the Slabodka Yeshiva in Bnei Brak.
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10 Shvat: R'Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz (1880-1950). The Frierdiker Rebbe became the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe after the petira of his father the Rebbe Rashab in 1920. Author of countess works including Sefer Hasichos. Father-in-law of R'Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
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10 Shvat: R'Yissachar Shlomo Teichtal (1885-1945). Rav of Pishtian. He was murdered on a transport train during the closing days of WW II. Author- Eim Habanim Semecha, Sh"ut Mishna Sachir etc.
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10 Shvat: R'Shalom Mizrachi Dida Sharabi, the Rashash (1720-77). Rebbe of the Chida & R'Gershon Kitover. Buried on Har Hazeisim in Yerushalayim. Author of Sidur HaKavanos, Emes V’Shalom, Nahar Shalom etc.
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9 Shvat: R'Eliezer Silver (1882-1968). Rav in Cincinnati & founder of American branch of Agudas Yisrael and established the Vaad Hatzalah to aid Jews in Europe during WW II.
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9 Shvat: R’Refoel Shmulevits (1937-2016). Rosh Yeshiva in Mir Yerushalayim. Son of R’Chaim Shmulevitz. Known for his shiurim of penetrating depth of which many were collected in Shiurei Rav Refoel.
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9 Shvat: R'Yeshayahu Zev Winograd (1883-1956). Author of Shaarei Ziv, a collection of Chidushim on Shas.
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