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Umberto Cassuto MP (1883 - 1951)

Umberto Cassuto , also known as Moshe David Cassuto (1883–1951), was a rabbi and Biblical scholar born in Florence, Italy. He studied there at the university and the Collegio Rabbinico. After getting...

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Rabbi Joseph Breuer / רבי יוסף ברויאר MP (1882 - 1980)

-------------- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Breuer (1882 – 1980) was a rabbi and community leader in Germany and the United States. He was a Rabbi of one of the large Jewish synag...

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Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik MP (1903 - 1993)

Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov, Yoshe Ber) Soloveitchik (1903 - 1993) (Hebrew: יוסף דב הלוי סולובייצ'יק‎) was an American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher. He was a descendant of the Lith...

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Rabbi Dr. Isidore Asher Twersky MP (1930 - 1997)

Isadore Twersky (Yitzchak (Isaac) Asher Twersky) (1930–October 12, 1997) was an Orthodox rabbi and the Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy at Harvard University, a chair previ...

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Rav Yitzchok Hutner MP (1906 - 1980)

Yitzchok (Isaac) Hutner (1906–1980) was an Orthodox rabbi and American rosh yeshiva born in Warsaw, Poland, to a family with both Ger Hasidic and non-Hasidic Lithuanian Jewish roots. As a child he rece...

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Eleazer Ben Shimon, רבי אלעזר בן שמעון MP (deceased)

Eleazer ben Shimon Jewish Encyclopedia

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Shimon Bar Yochai, Rashbi - שמעון בר יוחאי MP (135 - 170)

Simeon bar Yochai, also known by his acronym Rashbi, was a famous 1st-century Tannaic (Mishnaic, ed.) sage in ancient Israel, active after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. He was one of t...

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Rabbi Amram Blau, הרב עמרם בלוי MP (1894 - 1974)

‏Rabbi Amram Blau (1894–1974) הרב עמרם בלוי was a Haredi rabbi from the Hungarian community of Jerusalem misunderstood by most. He was one of the founders of the Neturei Karta. Many religious fanatics ...

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Rabbi Avraham "Hamalach" (the Angel) (1739 - 1776)

né en1740 ou 1741 décédé le 12 Tichri 1776 ou 1777 à Fastov en Ukraine Rabbi Avraham HaMalach (The Angel) was the son of the Maggid, Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezritch, the Baal Shem Tov's successor and stu...

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R. Shlomo Gottlieb Halevi of Karlin MP (1738 - 1792)

Rebbe Shlomo HaLevi (Dynasty of Aaron Hakohen Hagadol in 1496- B.C.) was the Rebbe of Karlin after Rebbe Aaron Hagadol of Karlin - as he was his "Spiritual brother". Aaron Hakohen Hagadol from the Dy...

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Grand Rabbi Jacob Korff MP (1883 - 1952)

The Korff lineage/Ba'al Shem Tov came from Shem V' Shearit by Rabbi Levi Grossman [Tel Aviv, 1943], researched by Shalom Bronstein, 1995. Zvhil Mezbuz Hasidic Dynasty Family Tree Zvhil Hasidic Dy...

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Rav Mordechai of Zvhil Goldman MP (c.1824 - c.1900)

Rabbi Mordechai of Zvhil was the son-in-law of R’ Shlomo of Granov of the Linitz dynasty. He was noted for his devotedness and could meditate for hours on end. All the gifts that he received from his f...

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Rabbi Yechiel Mechel of Zvehil (Zvyahel) MP (1786 - 1856)

Zvhil Mezbuz Hasidic Dynasty Family Tree Zvhil Hasidic Dynasty Wikipedia Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zvhil born 5548 [1788] died 12 Tishri 5616 [1856]. Son-in-law of Rabbi Yisroel Chaim of Ludmir, so...

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Rabbi Yitzchak of Radivil MP (1744 - 1832)

יצחק פון ראדוויל רבי יצחק פון ראדוויל זצ"ל (ה'תקי"א - י"א אייר ה'תקצ"ה), דער צווייטער זון פון זלאטשאווער מגיד. איז געבוירן אין יאר ה'תקי"א צו זיין פאטער רבי יחיאל מיכל פון זלאטשאוו, א זון פון רבי יצח...

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Yitzchak-Isaac Herzog (Gercek) MP (1888 - 1959)

Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1889–1959), also known as Isaac Herzog, was the first Chief Rabbi of the Irish Free State , his term lasting from 1921 to 1936. From 1937 until his death, he was Chief Rabb...

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Shlomo Zalman Auerbach MP (1910 - 1995)

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Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein MP (1866 - 1933)

ראש ישיבת כנסת ישראל בסלובודקה ובחברון Wikipedia Hebrew Moshe Mordechai Epstein (1866-1933) was rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Knesseth Yisrael in Slabodka, Lithuania and is recognized as having been one of...

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Rav Shmuel Shmaryahu of Ostrowce (c.1770 - d.)

Rabbi Shmuel Shmaryahu was chief rabbi of the rabbinical tribunal of Ostrowce, Poland, and the author of the book "Zichron Shmuel". He was grand-son of the RAMA, Rav Moshe Isserlis, chief rabbi of Cr...

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Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu :From ZWOLEN (1819 - 1888)

Rebbe Shmuel Eliyahu Taub of Zvolin, Poland excelled in Torah scholarship and creating Hasidic songs. He was called Menagen mafli pla'os Hebrew for "[a] wondrous musical talent". The Zvoliner Rebbe, ...

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ADMOR Rebbe Shaul Yedidya Elazar Taub (1886 - 1947)

Rebbe Shaul Yedidya Elazar Taub was born on 20 October 1886. He was a gifted songwriter and wrote over 1,000 Chassidic melodies. He had an intense love for the Land of Israel, and even foresaw the comi...

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R' Yisrael - Admor ISRAEL TAUB (Divrei Yisrael) מייסד חסידות מודז'יץ (c.1849 - 1920)

Modzitz Chasidism was founded by Rabbi Israel Taub zt'l, b. 1849, Ratcoinz (Raciaz), Poland. In 1888 upon the death of his father, Rabbi Samuel Eliahu of Zvolin, he assumed the leadership of Kuzmir-zvo...

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Rabbi Shmuel Eliezer haLevi Edeles, the MaHaRSHA (1555 - 1631)

Samuel Eidels (1555 – 1631) שמואל אליעזר הלוי איידלס‎, was a renowned rabbi and Talmudist famous for his commentary on the Talmud, Chiddushei Halachot. Eidels is also known as Maharsha (מהרש"א, a Hebre...

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Yehuda Schneersohn, of Kapust MP (1811 - 1866)

האדמו"ר מקאפוסט, רבי יהודא לייב שניאורסון (1808 - 1866) (המהרי"ל מקאפוסט) הוא בנו של הצמח צדק, רבי מנחם מענדל שניאורסון, שהיה האדמו"ר השלישי של חב"ד. נולד בשנת תקס"ח (1808). הוא היה בנו השני של ה'צמח...

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R' Moshe ben Yekuthiel haLevi Molin (c.1330 - d.)

A leading rabbi of Mainz, and father of the renown codifier and posek Jacob ben Moshe Halevi Moelin (Maharil Segal). Moses ben Jekuthiel haLevi Molin Rabbi in Mayence in the second half of the four...

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Rabbi Jacob Ha-Levi Moelin (Maharil Segal) MP (c.1365 - 1427)

MOELLIN, JACOB BEN MOSES (c1360 – 1427), usually referred to as Maharil (Morenu ha-Rav Jacob ha-Levi) and also as Mahari Segal and Mahari Molin ), the foremost talmudist of his generation and head of t...

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Rabbi Solomon Freehof MP (1892 - 1990)

Solomon B. Freehof was a world famous and world renowned Reform Rabbi. There are many books, sermons and references that he wrote that can be found by searching him on the Internet. He was an wonderful...

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Rabbi Chanoch Dov / הרב חנוך העניך דוב Padwa MP (1908 - 2000)

DAYAN CHANOCH DOV PADWA . Chanoch Dov Tauber , which was his family’s original surname before they changed it to Padwa, was born in 1908 in the small town of Busk in Galicia, forty km from Lvov...

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Rav Yaakov Yosef Hacohen of Polonnoye "Ha-Toldos M'Polnoah", יעקב יוסף הכהן MP (1710 - 1784)

Sefer Toldot Yaakov Yosef by Yaakov Yosef ben Zevi ha-Kohen Katz of Polonoye No single work has surpassed in importance its first published book, Sefer Toldot Yaakov Yosef, printed in Korets more...

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ר אלעזר רוקח מברוד / R' Elazar Rokeach MP (deceased)

Rabbi Elazar, one of the sages of the Kloyz of Brody.

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Ha'Rav Shmiel Shmelke Rokeach, Tailors Rav of Brody MP (c.1720 - 1791)

) Chassidic Belz, Poland Ukraine video

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Rabbi Dr Joseph Hertz MP (1872 - 1946)

Rabbi Joseph Herman Hertz, CH (September 25, 1872- January 14, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian-born Rabbi and Bible scholar. He is most notable for holding the position of Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdo...

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R' Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach MP (1883 - 1954)

Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach Interactive uerbach Rabbinical Family Relationship Chart Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach (1883 – 26 September 1954) was a Haredi rabbi and roshei yeshiva of Shaar Hashamayim Yes...

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Rev Leslie Hardman, MBE MP (1913 - 2008)

Leslie Hardman was appointed MBE in 1998. In 1995 he was honoured by the Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance. The Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks, wrote: Rev Leslie Hardman was a great man, a good man...

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Rabbi Yechezkel Pisse'ach Segal Landau (c.1615 - 1686)

חבר "ועד ארבע הארצות". דיין באפטא וראש ישיבה באפטא במשך 50 שנה -------------------- מוץ (מורה צדק) באפטא. (ע"פ אילן היוחסין של הלל גולדשטוף). השם "פיסח " על שם שהיה פיסח ברגליו. ולא פסח כשמו של...

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הרב משה Bick (deceased)

The last rabbi of any type to live in Medzhybizh was Rabbi Chaim Yechiel Mikhl Bick (1887–1964). He left in 1925 for New York. His son, R. Moshe Tsvi Bick (1911–1990), carried on the dynasty in New Yor...

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הרב חיים יחיאל מיכל Bick (deceased)

The last rabbi of any type to live in Medzhybizh was Rabbi Chaim Yechiel Mikhl Bick (1887–1964). He left in 1925 for New York. (This excludes any rabbis who may have been deported to the Medzhybizh ghe...

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R' Zvi Hirsh Segal Witteles Landau MP (1643 - 1714)

האלוף רבי צבי הירש לנדא מאפטה -------------------- R' ZVI HIRSH VITESH WITELES (CHARIF) LANDAU (1643 - 1714) WAS MARRIED TWICE. HE WAS A DELEGATE TO THE COUNCIL OF THE FOUR LANDS. Witeles means cha...

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lipot (leopold) Low MP (1811 - 1875)

Leopold Löw, Chief-Rabbi of Szeged, Hungary (22 May 1811 – 13 October 1875) Born in Černá Hora, Moravia, he received his preliminary education at the yeshibot of Třebíč, Kolín, Lipník nad Bečvou and ...

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Rabbi Immanuel Low (1854 - 1944)

Immanuel Löw (January 20, 1854 in Szeged -July 19, 1944 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian rabbi, scholar and politician. Löw was born in Szeged, Hungary, 20 January 1854, the son of Hungarian rabbi Leopo...

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Rabbi Benjamin Szold (1829 - 1902)

Rabbi Szold was asked to head the newly formed Oheb Shalom Temple in Baltmore. Szold studied under Rabbis Jacob Fischer of Shalgaw, Wolf Kollin of Werbau, and Benjamin Wolf at the Pressburg Yeshiva, ...

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R' Aaron Shmuel Kaidanover "Maharshak" MP (1614 - 1676)

Aaron Samuel ben Israel Kaidanover (1614 in Vilna - December 1, 1676 in Chmielnik) אהרן שמואל קאידנוור was a Polish-Lithuanian rabbi. Among his teachers were Jacob Hoeschel and his son Joshua Hoeschel....

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Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch / רבי שמשון רפאל הירש MP (1808 - 1888)

Samson Raphael Hirsch (June 20 1808 – December 31 1888) was a German rabbi best known as the intellectual founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz school of contemporary Orthodox Judaism and has had a cons...

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Shmuel Shmelke HaLevi Horowitz of Nikolsburg MP (1726 - 1778)

Shmelke of Nikolsburg (1726 Chortkiv, Galicia - 1778 Nikolsburg, Moravia) was one of the great early Chasidic Rebbes. Born Shmuel Horowitz (but commonly known by the diminutive "Shmelke"), he was the o...

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Moses ben Menahem Graf, M'Prague MP (1650 - c.1710)

R. Moses b. Menahem Graf (also known as Moses Praeger; (1650–1700/1710), kabbalist born in Prague. After the conflagration in the Prague ghetto (1689), Moses moved to Nikolsburg (Mikulov), where he stu...

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Yechiel Kahana (Heller) - יחיאל כהנא-סאלקע (c.1780 - 1862)

הגה"צ ר' יחיאל אבד"ק סאלקא בן הקונה"ס (מוזכר בשו"ת השיב משה סי' ט. גם קיבל כתב סמיכה או הוראה מהישמח משה) היה חסיד איהעל וסיגוט גם נסע פעם לצאנז. נפטר בשנת תרכ"ב 1) בנו הגה"צ ר' כתריאל כהנא אב"ד סאלק...

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Grand Rabbi Yaakov-Yitzchok Halevi Horowitz (Chozeh of Lublin) / יעקב יצחק הורוביץ החוזה מלובלין MP (1745 - 1815)

Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin, also Jacob Isaac of Lublin, or Y. Y. Horowitz (Polish: Jakub Izaak Horowicz, Hebrew: יעקב יצחק הורוביץ), known as "The Chozeh of Lublin" (החוזה מלובלין, The Seer of Lub...

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R' Yitzchok M'Drohobic MP (deceased)

Bio Details R Yitzchak of Drohobitch, was the eldest student of the Baal Shem Tov (Besht). RABBI YITZCHOK OF OF DROHOBIC ("DRUBITCH"): Father – Rabbi Yosef Spravidliver. Mother: Yenta “the ...

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Israel Kopstein Kaminetzky (1861 - 1941)

הרב ישראל הלוי קמנצקי (קופשטיין)נולד בלידה (פולין) בשנת תרכ"א (1861). לאביו הרב מרדכי סנדר הלוי קופשטיין (הרב ישראל הנ"ל החליף את שם משפחתו מקופשטיין לקמנצקי, היות והדבר עזר להשתחרר מהצבא הרוסי, בזה שא...

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R' Zev Wolf Tannenbaum, ר' זאב וואלף טענין-בוים (Verpeleter Rav) MP (1787 - 1872)

Rabbi Zev Wolf Tannenbaum, zt"l (1787-1872), Av Beit Din Szendro, Borsod and then Verpleleter Rav. Patriarch of the Tannenbaum rabbinic dynasty. Author of : "Rechovos HaNahar", "Palgei Mayim" w...

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Moshe Zeev Wolf Yavitz, A.B.D. Tykocin and Bialystock (b. - 1829)

R' Moses Zev Wolf Yawetz, Av Beit Din (A.B.D) Tykocin and Bialystok (died in 1829), author of Mar'ot HaTzov'ot (Grodno, 1810) and Agudat Azov (Bialystok, 1824). He was eulogized by R' Gershon ChenTov i...

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Eliezer Simcha Rabinowitz MP (1832 - 1911)

R' Eliezer Simcha Rabinowitz born in 1839 in Kovno, died in 1911 in Lomza, Av Beit Din (A.B.D.) Raguva, Sadowa and Suwalki and then the fifth A.B.D. Lomza. He was embroiled in disputes with the leaders...

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Yaakov Israel Emden (Ashkenazi #5) / יעקב ישראל עמדן, יעב"ץ MP (1697 - 1776)

EMDEN, JACOB ISRAEL BEN TZVI ASHKENAZI. יעב"ץ By : Solomon Schechter M. Seligsohn German Talmudist and anti-Shabbethaian; born at Altona June 4, 1697; died there April 19, 1776. He was the author of ...

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Rabbi Chaim Yankev Safrin (Komarner rebbe) ה סיון תשכ"ט (deceased)

בחדרי חרדים רשמו כך ובכן אשר הנה השלשלת לבית קומרנא. 1 האדמו"ר הראשון הר"הצ אלכסנדר סנדר סאפרין מקומרנא נקבר בהייהל (הישמח משה ביקש להיקבר באותו האהל) היה אחיו של האדמו"ר הר"צ הרשעלה מזידיטשוב מי...

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Moshe DovBerish Rappaport (I) Katz "Siftei Cohanim" (1730 - c.1772)

THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE RAPAPORT FAMILY (Scroll down to see list of scholarly works by R' Moshe Dov Berish Rappaport) The Rapoport-Bick dynasty was the most important of all the non-chasi...

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Yitzchok HaCohen Katz (c.1690 - d.)

Chief Rabbi of Pinczow מווינה, מו"ל ספר "גבורת אנשים" לשבתי הכהן בעל הש"ך -------------------- הגאון ר׳ יצחק כ"ץ זצ״ל האבד״ק פאדהייץ, שהוציא לאור את הספר ״גבורות אנשים" חתן הגאון ר׳ משהסג"ל האב...

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"איציקיל חריף האבד"ם - "כתר כהונה - Yitzchak Hacohen (c.1743 - 1809)

אבד"ק סטאבניץ, בגיל 13 אבד"ק פינטשוב -------------------- אבד"ק יוזעפוף אבד"ק סטאבניץ אבד"ק פינטשוב Chief Rabbi of Pinczow

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Dov-Berish RAPPAPORT (III), Pinczow MP (b. - 1815)

THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE RAPAPORT FAMILY The Rapoport-Bick dynasty was the most important of all the non-chasidic rabbinic dynasties of Medzhybizh, in Ukraine. The Rapoport dynasty traces it...

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Meir Hayashish / מוה"ר מאיר ה"קשיש Jaffe / יפה MP (1325 - d.)

1913-1996- Eger Family Association- pg. 3 1913-1990- Eger Family Association - אילן אא מגילות יחש של משפחת יפה- צבי יפה 1996/ גניגר ישראל

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Yaacov Jacob Joseph Jaffe, Margaliot / מרגליות, Rbbi (1430 - 1490)

ABD Izenshtat. because of his mother's piety Yaakov added the family name Margolios. This was the first Margolios name., Av Beis Din Nirenberg, AB"D Nuremburg ou Yaacov Margaliot 1913-1996- E...

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HaSar HaGaon R' Avraham (ben Joseph) Jaffe Margulies MP (1513 - 1564)

1913-1996- Eger Family Association- pg. 3 1913-1990- Eger Family Association - אילן אא מגילות יחס של משפחת יפה- צבי יפה 1996/ גניגר ישראל

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Ephraim Margolioth (1762 - 1828)

Ephraim Zalman Margolis (December 19, 1762–August 24, 1828) (Hebrew: אפרים זלמן בן מנחם מרגליות‎) was a Galician rabbi born in Brody. He received his Talmudic education at different yeshivas, in wh...

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Gaon Rav Shlomo Kluger, Maharshak-Maggid of Brody MP (1785 - 1869)

Shlomo Kluger Torah Website Gaon Rav Shlomo Kluger - Maggid of Brody Rav Shlomo Kluger, also called the ‘Maharask’ or the ‘Maggid of Brody’, was born in the year 5546 (1785ce) in Kamerov, a small...

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Rav Gershon Kitover MP (c.1701 - c.1761)

Rabbi Abraham Gershon of Kitov (Kuty), also known as Rabbi Gershon of Brody was probably born in or near Kuty, Poland around 1701 and died in Jerusalem in 1761. He is best known as the Baal Shem Tov's ...

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Meir Margolios, "Meir Mesivim" (deceased)

Brody Synagogue housed the leaders of Jewish intelligentsia such as Yechezkel Landau and Meyer Margolis . See family tree chart Works by Meir Margaliot of Ostrog. Meir Netivim: Or Olam, ...

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Jacob Yukel Horowitz - יעקב הורוביץ (1679 - 1749)

הרב יעקב יוקל הלוי, אבד"ק גלוגאו

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Rabbi Isaachar Berish Heschel/Babad - הרב יששכר בעריש\באב"ד זצ"ל MP (1630 - 1690)

תולדות יצחק see paragraphs 3 and 4 on left column

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Abraham Kahana (b. - 1741)

Abraham b. Samuel Kahana, died 1741; Rabbi Dubo, previously rabbi of Brody and Ostrog (Volhynia). ( Note: Samuel Kahana is Shalom Shachna Kahana in Toldot Yeudi Brody.) Rabbi Abraham Cahana b. Rabbi ...

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Admor Isaac Taub of Kaliv, 1st Kaliver Rebbe MP (1751 - 1821)

Kaliv Hasidic dynasty The Kaliver Dynasty began with Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Taub (1744-1828) of Kaliv (Kalov, Kalev), Hungary. He was the first Hassidic Rebbe in Hungary and famous for composing the ...

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R' Yekesiel Yehudah Teitelbaum, ייטב לב (1808 - 1883)

ר' יהודה יקותיאל נולד בדרוהביטש בשנת תקס"ח, 1808 ונתקבל לרב בעיר סמראפקא (מחוז זעמפלין). אחרי מות ר' משה מלא את מקומו ועלה לכס הרבנות באויהעל. הוא הוציא לאור את ספרי זקנו, וחבר: א) ייטב לב על התורה, ...

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Yechiel Rubin / Kolbosov (Rupshitz) MP (1810 - 1860)

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Rabbi Naftali Zvi Horowitz (Rubin) [Ropczycer Rebbe] נפתלי צבי הורוביץ MP (1760 - 1827)

from Wikipedia Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropczyce (1760–1827) was born on the day that the Baal Shem Tov died, to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rubin of Linsk. His mother Beila was the daughter of Rabbi...

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Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz, [of Kolbasov & Melitz] MP (1792 - 1839)

Meilitzer Rav and Rebbe ראה: ) רבי יעקב הורוויץ זצ"ל (ה'תקנ"ב - י"ט טבת ה'תקצ"ט), רב בקאלבאסאוו ומעליץ.

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Rav Meshilem Lowy, Grand Rabbi of Tosh (1821 - 1873)

תולדות הרה"ק רבי משולם פייש סג"ל לאוי זי"ע אבדק"ק טאהש – כ"ח סיון תרל"ג ואלה תולדות הרה"ק רבי משולם פייש סג"ל לאווי זצוק"ל זיעועכ"י אבדקק טאהש יצ"ו, נולד לערף בשנת תקע"ו לפ"ק לאביו הרה"ק רבי מר...

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Grand Rabbi Mordechai Lowy, Demetcher Rav (1899 - 1944)

Tosh Hasidic Dynasty Lineage of the Tosh Dynasty The first Tosher Rebbe was Grand Rabbi Meshulam Feish Segal-Loewy, a disciple of Rabbi Yitschok Ayzik of Komarno, author of Heichal HaBrocho. Ra...

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Grand Rabbi Elimelech Lowy זצ"ל (1865 - 1942)

Grand Rabbi Elimelech served as a rabbi near the Czech border, in the town of Nirtash, from which the sect derives its name. Tosh (also Tash; Hebrew/Yiddish: טאהש) is a Hasidic dynasty originating in...

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Avrum Borensztejn - Sochaczewer Rebbe (1838 - 1910)

נולד בשנת ה'תקצ"ט (1839) בבנדין שבפולין לאביו, רבי זאב נחום, בנו של רבי אהרון בורנשטיין משצ'קוצ'ין (Szczekociny שכיהן כרב המקום. היה מצאצאי הרמ"א והש"ך. בצעירותו היה ידוע כ"עילוי מאלקיש". אביו היה מח...

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Shmuel Bornstein "Shem MiShmuel" (1856 - 1926)

השני לבית סוכצ'וב במ"ס שם משמואל ר' שמואל נולד בשנת תרט"ז בבית סבו ר' מנחם מנדל מקוצק (אמו הצדקת שרה צינא הייתה בת האדמו"ר מקוצק) בזמן שאביו הגאון ר' אבהמ'לי היה סמוך שם על שולחן חותנו. ימי נעוריו עב...

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Rabbi Hanoch Bornstein [4th Sochatchover Rebbe] (b. - 1969)

עלה לארץ בערך בשנת תרצ"ה שימש באדמורו"ת כממשיכו של אחיו רבי דוד ונפטר בכ"ו אלול תשכ"ט Chanoch was the second son of Rabbi Shmuel Bornsztain, the second Sochatchover Rebbe, and his wife, Yuta Leah. He...

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רבי דוד פלאם זצ"ל נפטר יב ניסן תשלא (1894 - 1971)

I wrote true facts about my grandfather זכר צדיק לברכה It was replaced by a list of garbage. Bad OCR and some sort of research. I erased this. I will try to retrieve the original. In the meantime pleas...

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Mahadura Batra משה מייזלס - בעל מהדורא בתרא MP (b. - 1668)

בעל ספר: מהדורא בתרא

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Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Meisels (deceased)

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Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim -מלבי"ם) (1809 - 1879)

The Malbim : Leadership and Challenge - Bar-Ilan University It is generally believed that the name Malbim is an abbreviation of "Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel". According to a different opinion...

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Rabbi Yaacov Shor MP (b. - 1655)

The Unbroken Chain, by Dr. Neil Rosenstein - See Chapter Vl:B Jewish Gen - Pinkus Poland . . . There was also a Yeshiva in Ludmir headed by Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman Heller, the author of Tosfot Yom T...

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HaRav Shlomo ben Josef Ganzfried, Rosh Av Beit Din of Ungvar MP (1804 - 1886)

Shlomo Ganzfried (or Salomo ben Joseph Ganzfried; Ungvar, 1804 – 30 July 1886, Ungvar) was an Orthodox rabbi and posek best known as author of the work of Halakha (Jewish law), the Kitzur Shulchan Aruc...

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Harav Ya'akov Shamshon Shapira (deceased)

הרב יעקב שמשון שפירא – נישא למרגלא, בתו של הרב שמואל יצחק שור. מצאצאי רבי פנחס מקוריץ.

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Rabbi Avraham Mi'Slonim Weinberg MP (1804 - 1883)

Slonimer Rebbes Hassidic Dynasty Slonim is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the town of Slonim, which is now in Belarus. Today, there are two Slonimer Rebbes, both in Israel. One in Jerusalem and t...

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Rav Yaakov Weinberg MP (1923 - 1999)

Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg, known as Yaakov Weinberg (also Jacob S. Weinberg) (1923 - July 1, 1999) was an Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and the rosh yeshiva ("dean/head") of Ner Israel Rabbinical College in B...

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הרב נח Weinberg MP (1930 - 2009)

Rabbi Noah Weinberg, founder of Aish HaTorah, dies By Ben Harris NEW YORK (JTA) -- Rabbi Noah Weinberg, the founder and dean of the sprawling global outreach operation Aish HaTorah, was being called ...

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R' Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, Sigheter Rebbe (1884 - 1926)

הרב חיים צבי (הרש) טייטלבוים (ה'תר"מ, 1880 - ה'תרפ"ו, 1926) היה רבה של סיגט והאדמו"ר באותה עיר ומחבר ספרי "עצי חיים". נולד בשנת ה'תר"מ (1880) לחנה (לבית אשכנזי) ולרבי חנניה יום טוב ליפא טייטלבוים, רב...

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Menachem Mendel Doniach, Rabbi of Kapust, Y_E1b1b1a (1840 - 1920)

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Rav Shmuel Hachasid-MiSpeyer (1115 - 1180)

Samuel ben Kalonymus he-Hasid of Speyer (Hebrew: שמואל החסיד‎) was a Tosafist, liturgical poet, and philosopher of the 12th century, surnamed also "the Prophet" (Solomon Luria, Responsa, No. 29). He se...

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Rebbe Yisrael Perlow (Rebbe of Stolin)(the Yenuka) (1868 - 1921)

אדמו ר רבי ישראל פרלוב מקארלין - הינוקא יום: ב' תשרי אזור: גרמניה אביו: אדמו"ר רבי אשר (השני). בניו: ר' אברהם אלימלך, ר' אהרן, ר' אשר, ר' יוחנן, ר' יעקב חיים ור' משה. סבא: אדמו"ר רבי אהרן (בעל "בית...

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Rebbe Yochanan Perlow of Stolin America (1899 - 1956)

אחרי שארבעת האחים נספו בשואה, והאח החמישי, רבי יעקב חיים, נפטר בלא צאצאים, נותר רבי יוחנן מקרלין, בנו השישי של הינוקא מסטולין, היחיד מכל האחים. רבי יוחנן נולד בסטולין. לאחר השואה עלה לארץ ישראל ב-כ"ג...

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Dulcina of Worms (1196 - d.)

Dulcea of Worms , wife of Rabi Eleazar Rokeach. We learn out about her remarkable character and capabilities from an elegy her loving husband composed in the form of an alphabetic acrostic fashioned af...

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Yosef ibn Yahya HaZaken MP (1210 - 1264)

Reference: "Divrei ha-Yamim le-Bnei Yahya,( דברי הימים לבני יחייא )" , by Eliakim Carmoly, Printed in Frankfort am Main/Rodelheim, Published by: Isak Kaufman, 1850. Genealogy of, and biographical work ...

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Elazar "Shemen Rokeach" Löw MP (1758 - 1837)

Famous Rabbi, known for his book "Shemen Rokeach" plus 11 others. He taught 2,000 Yeshivah students, and many miracle stories about him exist. At age 10 he was called illui - a prodigy in talmudic le...

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Benjamin Wolf Löw MP (1775 - 1851)

אבד"ק קעלין מחבר שערי תורה Benjamin Wolf Löw (b. 1775; d. March 6, 1851) was a Polish-Hungarian rabbi. He was also known as Binyamin ben Elʻazar, Benjamin Adolf Löw, and Binyamin Ṿolf Leṿ, a.b.d. ḳ...

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R' Nuchem Beren'yu MP (1844 - 1883)

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Shlomo Chaim ("Shlomenyu") Friedman, Rebbe of Sadigura MP (1887 - 1972)

הרב שלמה חיים פרידמן נולד א' סיון תרמ ז (18.5.1887) בסאדאגורה, בוקובינה. לאביו האדמ"ור ר' ישראל (נכד ר' ישראל מריז'ין, מצאצאי רבי דב , המגיד הגדול ממזריטש) ולאמו בת-שבע בת הצדיק ר' שלוםיוסף פרידמן. ...

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ADMOR Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (Abir Yaakov - 3rd Sadigerer Rebbe) MP (1884 - 1960)

נולד בשנת תרמ"ד בעיר סאדיגורה גאליציע. אביו הי׳ הרה"ק ר׳ ישראל האדמו״ר מסאדיגורה זצ"ל. בהרה"ק ר׳ אברהם יעקב זצ"ל בנו של הגה"ק ר׳ ישראל האדמו״ר מריזין זצ"ל. מלבד יחוסו למשפחת ריזין ור"א המלאך והמגיד מ...

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