Month of Tevet 5780
It’s the 10th month in the Hebrew Calendar.
Name | היהו |
Sefira level | Tevet (Male, Netzach), Chokmah (year 5780) of Yessod (decade) of Hod (Century) of Yessod (Millennia) |
Zodiac Sign | Capricorn ב |
Letter of the month | ע |
Planet | Saturn – שבתאי |
Tribe | Asher |
Priestly stone | chrysolite (aquamarine) |
Tzadikim for this month
1 | Rabbi Yair Chayim Bacharach Rabbi Yair Chayim Bacharach was a German rabbi and major 17th century posek |
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1 | Rabbi Masoud Refael Alfasi of Tunisia Leader of the Tunisian Jewish community. |
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3 | Rabbi David ben Baruch HaKohen Azog Kabbalist from a long line of Tzadikim, a miracle worker |
Baba Doudu |
3 | Rabbi Avraham of Stretin Chassidic leader. Son of the tzaddik Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi of Stretin. |
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3 | Rabbi Yaacov Cohen Gadisha of Jerba | |
5 | Rabbi Shlomo Molcho A Kabbalist with prophetic visions. Died on Kidush HaShem, sanctification of God’s Name |
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6 | Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga of Shiniava Chassidic leader, son of Rabbi Chaim of Tzanz. |
Divrei Yechezkal |
7 | Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Leiner Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izbica was a rabbinic Hasidic thinker and founder of the Izhbitza-Radzyn dynasty of Hasidic Judaism. |
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7 | Rabbi Tzvi Son of the Baal Shem Tov. Lead the Chassidic movement for one year. |
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7 | Rabbi Baruch of Kaminka Student of the Baal Shem Tov |
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9 | Rabbi Azriel of Gerona Azriel of Gerona, also known as Azriel ben Menahem (Heb. עזריאל בן מנחם) (c. 1160 – c. 1238), was one of the most important kabbalists in the Catalan |
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9 | Rabbi Avraham Chaim Shur One of the great Torah leaders of Galacia, served as the Head of the Beit Din in Belz |
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9 | Ezra the Scribe Ezra (/ˈɛzrə/; Hebrew: עזרא, ‘Ezrā fl. 480–440 BCE), also called Ezra the Scribe (עזרא הסופר, Ezra ha-Sofer) and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra, was a Jewish scribe (sofer) and priest (kohen) |
Ezra ha-Sofer |
9 | Rabbi Yeshua Besis of Tunisia Rabbi of Tunis, Kabbalist. |
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9 | Rabbi Ezra Teacher of the Ramban in Kabbalah. |
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10 | Rabbi Nathan (Noson) Sternhartz Rabbi Nathan of Breslov (January 22, 1780 – December 20, 1844), also known as Reb Noson, born Nathan Sternhartz, was the chief disciple and scribe of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, founder of the Breslov Hasidic dynasty |
Reb Noson |
10 | Rabbi Nathan of Breslov Nathan of Breslov (January 22, 1780 – December 20, 1844), also known as Reb Noson, born Nathan Sternhartz, was the chief disciple and scribe of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, founder of the Breslov Hasidic dynasty |
Reb Noson |
10 | Zechariah The Prophet A prophet during the Second Temple era. |
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10 | Malachi The Prophet A prophet during the Second Temple era. |
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11 | Rabbi Moshe Biderman –The Lelover Rebbe Kabbalist, From his youth, Rabbi Moshe acquired Torah and Chassidut from his holy father, as well as from his father’s Rav, the Chozeh of Lublin, who spoke enthusiastically of him. |
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11 | Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ullmann Served as Chief Rabbi of Mako (near Szeged) at a time of turbulent religious struggles in the community.The second Rabbi of Mako Hungary Solomon Ullman (1826–63). |
“אב”ד מאקווע”, “מח”ס יריעות שלמה”, “Zalman” |
12 | Rabbi Natan Shapira Student of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, the ARI. |
Megale Amukot |
13 | Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Shmuelkes Student of the Baal Shem Tov. |
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14 | Rabbi Jacob Joshua Falk Rabbi Jacob Joshua Falk (Hebrew: יעקב יהושע פלק) (also: Yaakov Yehoshua ben Tzvi Hirsch, or Yaakov Yehoshua Falk – see Note on the name “Joshua Falk”) 1680 – January 16, 1756) was a Polish and German rabbi and Talmudist, known as the Pnei Yehoshua |
Pnei Yehoshua |
15 | All the Tzadikim | |
15 | Rabbi Samuel ibn Naghrillah Rabbi Samuel ibn Naghrillah also known as Samuel HaNagid (born 993; died after 1056), was a medieval Spanish Talmudic scholar, grammarian, philologist, soldier, merchant, politician, and an influential poet who lived in Iberia at the time of the Moorish rule. His poetry was one area through which he was well known. He was perhaps the most politically influential Jew in Muslim Spain. |
Samuel HaNagid |
16 | Rabbi David Tebele Rabbi David Tebele was great in Torah and famous in his generation |
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17 | Rabbi Salman Mutzfi Kabbalist, student of Rabbi Yehuda Fetaya |
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17 | Rabbi Yaakov Krantz An outstanding darshan(preacher), using stories and parables to transmit deeper ethical and moral teachings. |
The Maggid of Dobnow |
18 | Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov – The Bnei Yissas’char | |
18 | Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov Chassidic leader, Kabbalist. |
Bnei Yissas’char |
18 | Rabbi Huna bar Mar Zutra & Rabbi Mesharshya bar Pakod Leaders of Babylonian Jewry, who were arrested by Persian officials, sparking a wave of persecution of the Jews of Babylonia. They were executed in Pumpedita, 470 CE., on the same day.The letter of Rabbi Sherira Gaon records that Huna bar -son of- Mar Zutra and Mesharshya bar Pakod were executed on the 18th of Tevet, 470 CE.Rabbi Mesharshya bar brei -son of the son of- d’ Rabbi Acha bar Rav may be the Mesharshya that Rabbi Sherirah Gaon was referring to. |
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18 | Rabbi Moshe Kalfon Ha-Cohen of Jerba Scholar and leader of the ancient Kohanim community of Jerba, Tunisia. |
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20 | Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira Rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira, also known as the Abir Yaakov and Abu Hasira (1806–1880), was a leading Moroccan-Jewish rabbi of the 19th century. |
Abir Yaakov and Abu Hasira |
20 | Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Rambam, Maimonides) Halachist, commentator, philosopher. |
Rambam |
20 | Rabbi Yaakov Abuchatzeira Kabbalist, Torah commentator, Halachist. |
Abir Yakov |
21 | Rabbi Yisrael Dov of Vilednik The Maggid of Vilednik, a great Tzaddik and miracle worker |
Maggid of Vilednik |
21 | Rabbi Leib Mochiach of Polnoi Rabbi Yehuda Leib Mochiach was one of the first students of the Baal Shem Tov. |
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22 | Rabbi Shulem Moshkovitz Rabbi Shulem Moshkovitz, known as the Shotzer Rebbe, was born in Suceava, Romania. He was a descendant of the famed chasidic Rebbe Yechiel Mikhl of Zlotshov |
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24 | Rabbi Naphtali Cohen Naphtali Cohen (1649–1718), also known as Naphtali HaKohen Katz, was a Russo-German rabbi and kabalist born in Ostrowo in Ukraine. |
Naphtali HaKohen Katz |
24 | Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi Founder of Chabad Chassidut. |
Baal HaTanya |
24 | Miriam Mizrachi Miriam Mizrahi , popularly known as ha-koveset (the laundress), to have been a pious miracle worker who helped countless people with severe fertility problems in the mid-twentieth century. |
HaKoveset (the Laundress) |
26 | Rabbeinu Avraham bar Dovid miPosquires Rabbeinu Avraham bar Dovid miPosquires (Ra’avad) (c.1125 – 1198) was a Provençal rabbi, a prolific commentator on the Talmud |
Ra’avad |
27 | Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch, (1808-1888). Hirsch was born in Hamburg, Germany. His father, though a merchant, devoted his time to Torah studies |
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29 | HaRav Yitzhak Kaduri Harav Yitzchak Kaduri , died January 28, 2006), was a renowned Mizrahi Haredi rabbi and kabbalist who devoted his life to Torah study and prayer on behalf of the Jewish people. |
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29 | Rabbi Yehoshua Yehuda Leib Diskin Rabbi Yehoshua Yehuda Leib Diskin (1818–1898), also known as the Maharil Diskin, was a leading rabbi, Talmudist and Biblical commentator |
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1974 | Rabbi Salman Mutzfi Kabbalist, student of Rabbi Yehuda Fetaya |
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1974 | Rabbi Salman Mutzfi Kabbalist, student of Rabbi Yehuda Fetaya |