Parasha: Haazinu
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9th Sivan 6/1/2020
Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer
Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer (Hebrew: יעקב חיים סופר) was a Sephardi Rabbi, Kabbalist, Talmudist and posek. He is the author of Kaf Hachaim, a work of halakha that he came to be known by.
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9th Sivan 6/1/2020
Rabbi Yisroel (Israel) ben Shmuel of Shklov
Rabbi Yisroel ben Shmuel Ashkenazi of Shklov (c. 1770 – May 22, 1839) was a Talmudist, one of a group of Talmudical scholars of Shklov who were attracted to Vilna by Rabbi Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, known as the Vilna Gaon (1720–97). He was one of "the last arrivals," and attended upon the Gaon as a disciple for less than a year.
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9th Sivan 6/1/2020
Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Zidichov
Chassidic leader.
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9th Sivan 6/1/2020
Rabbi Yaakov Meir
Rabbi Yaakov Meir (1856–1939), was an Orthodox rabbi, and the first Sephardic Chief Rabbi appointed under the British Mandate of Palestine. A Talmudic scholar, fluent in Hebrew as well as five other languages, he enjoyed a reputation as one of Jerusalem's most respected rabbis