Parasha: Nitzavim
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7th Sivan 5/30/2020
Avraham ben Avraham
A Ger Tzedek (righteous convert), burned at the stake by the Church in Vilna in 1751.
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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.