The Hebrew Letters
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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
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9th Heshvan 10/27/2020
Rabbi Shimon Yehuda Shkop
Rabbi Shimon Yehuda Shkop (Hebrew: שמעון שקופ; 1860 – October 22, 1939) was a rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Yeshiva of Telshe (Telšiai) and then of Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah of Grodno, and a renowned Talmid Chacham (Talmudic scholar). He has created a unique way in classic Eastern European erudition, which is expressed mainly in his book Sha'arei Yosher, and is characterized by a logical-legal analysis of the basic principles of Halakha, and less than local pilpul.
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10th Heshvan 10/28/2020
Gad ben Yaakov Avinu
Gad was the Son of Jacob the Patriarch and Zilpa the handmaid of Leah. He is one of the 12 Tribes.