Reflections
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Rav Zev Wolf Kitzis zt’l
Motty Meringer 30/10/2009 09:00Rav Zev Wolf Kitzis was originally one of the most ardent opponents of the Baal Shem Tov - and eventually became one of his greatest followers
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Our Matriarch Rachel
Motty Meringer 29/10/2009 09:00Rachel was the youngest matriarch and hers was a short life of pain and suffering. She is the one who stands before G-d and beseeches Him to end the suffering of His people in the exile and bring about the final redemption.
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The Tchebiner Rav
David Sofer 28/10/2009 10:25Harav Dov Berish Wiedenfeld ztz”l, more commonly known as the Gaon of Tchebin, served as rav, rosh yeshivah and prominent posek halachah – and was one of the recognised leaders of the Torah world in Eretz Yisrael.
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Rabbi Don Yitzchak Abarbanel
Motty Meringer 26/10/2009 11:40The life and times of Rabbi Yitzchak ben Yehuda Abarbanel, minister in several royal courts and author of the all-encompassing commentary on Tanach.
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Rav Yehudah Meir Shapira of Lublin zt’l
25/10/2009 10:57The Gaon Rav Yehudah Meir Shapira zt’l was the founder of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, at whose helm he stood. He was also the initiator of the idea of the ‘Daf haYomi’, which brings hundreds of thousands of Jews together from across the whole world. He was niftar in the year 5694 at the young age of forty-eight.
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Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon – the Rambam
24/10/2009 20:15Who can describe the greatness of Rabbeinu Moshe ben Maimon, the Rambam, called by some ‘the great eagle’?
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The holy Rebbe of Shtefenesht
Motty Meringer 23/10/2009 09:00A Light Unto the Nations:
The holy Rebbe of Shtefenesht - Rabbi Avraham Matisyahu Friedman zt’l, a towering personality to whom Jew and gentile alike streamed for blessings and advice.
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The Admor Rebbe Klonimus Kalmish Shapira of Piaszene
22/10/2009 09:00The Admor Rebbe Klonimus Kalmish Shapira of Piaszene, Hy’d
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Rabbi Yehudah the Chasid
Motty Meringer 21/10/2009 09:00Rabbi Yehudah Segal who was famously known as Rabbi Yehudah the Chasid (the pious) led the first Aliyah (immigration, ascending to Eretz-Yisroel) of Ashkenazic Jews (Jews who originate from Central or Eastern Europe) from after the destruction of the Second Temple. Rabbi Yehuda’s entourage included over one thousand Jews.
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The Baalei HaTosefos
Motty Meringer 18/10/2009 11:20An inseparable part of learning the Babylonian Talmud is the study of the baalei HaTosefos. Several hundred rabbonim number among the baalei HaTosefos, who were engaged in the teaching and spreading of Torah from their yeshivos throughout Europe, over a period of more than two hundred years.
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