Category: Tikkun
The “correction” of Shavuot – תיקון ליל שבועות
The ‘correction’ of Shavuot – תיקון ליל שבועות (re-post with updated Idra Rabah) The Zohar teaches us that on the night of...
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5th Heshvan 10/23/2020
Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira
Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira was the Grand Rabbi of Piaseczno, Poland, who authored a number of works and was murdered by the Nazis during the Shoah.
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5th Heshvan 10/23/2020
Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Kalischer
Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch was born on Sivan 4, 5555 (1795) in the town of Lissa, Germany, in the province of Posen. In his youth he studied Torah with great Gaonim, Rabbi Yaakov of Lissa (author of Chavot Da’at), and Rabbi Akiva Eiger of Posen. He was noted for his extraordinary gifts and incredible diligence in study.
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7th Heshvan 10/25/2020
Rabbi Yehuda Meir Shapiro
Rabbi Yehuda Meir Shapiro was a prominent Polish Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva, also known as the Lubliner Rav. Shapiro was considered a gaon (Torah genius) in his lifetime. He studied Torah extensively and was a great scholar even by the high standards of the era he lived in.
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9th Heshvan 10/27/2020
Rabbi Asher Ben Yechiel
Halachist, Talmudist