Author: Zion Nefesh
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14th Tishri 9/20/2021
Rabbi Shalom Shachna
Chassidic leader. Son of R' Avraham HaMalach. Father of R' Yisrael of Rizhin.
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14th Tishri 9/20/2021
Rabbi Yisroel (Israel) Hopstein
Rabbi Yisroel (Israel) Hopstein (1737–1814), also known as the Maggid of Kozhnitz, was the founder of Kozhnitz Hasidism, and a noted hasidic leader in Poland during the late 18th and early 19th century.
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14th Tishri 9/20/2021
Rabbi Chanoch (Heinich) Gad Justman
Rabbi Chanoch (Heinich) Gad Justman or Henoch God or Yustman (1883–1942) The 2nd Piltzer Rebbe. Was a Gerrer Hasid, a community Rabbi, Hasidic Rebbe, Rosh Yeshiva, and a member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah. In 1942 was deported to the Treblinka extermination camp where he perished.
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14th Tishri 9/20/2021
Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky
Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (first Dushinsky rebbe 1867 – 17 October 1948), also known as the Maharitz, was the first Rebbe of Dushinsky and Chief Rabbi (Gavad) of the Edah HaChareidis of Jerusalem.