The Degel Machaneh Ephraim: In Honor of Whom?
Rabbi Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sudilkov was born in Mezhibuzh (Medzhybizh, Ukraine) in 5502 (or 5508) (1742 or 1748) to Rabbi Yechiel-Michel Ashkenazi and Adel,...
Category : Iyar
Rebbe Yerachmiel of Peshischa: The Holy Watchmaker
Rebbe Yerachmiel of Peshischa (Przysucha, Poland) was born in 5544 (1784) to his father, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowitz, known as the Holy Yid. He studied...
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk: Making a Splash in the Land of Israel
Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk was one of the great disciples of the Maggid of Mezritch. He was born to his father, Rebbe Moshe, who...
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Riminov: A New World to Come
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Torem of Riminov was born in 5605 (1745) to Rabbi Yosef Harif of Neustadt, Germany, and to his mother, Liba, the daughter...
Rebbe Mordechai of Chernobyl: Chasidic Alcohol Consumption
Rebbe Mordechai Twersky of Chernobyl was the son of Rebbe Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl. When he had to choose a surname, he chose the name...
Rabbi Naftali of Ropschitz: Family Lineage is Just the Beginning
Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz (Ropczyce) was born on the holiday of Shavuot in 5620 (1760)—the very day that the Ba’al Shem Tov passed...
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk: Resolving Conflicts
Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk was one of the great disciples of the Maggid of Mezritch. He was born to his father, Rebbe Moshe, who...
Rabbi Meir of Premishlan: The Clouds and the Kerchief
Rabbi Meir of Premishlan was born in 5540 (1780) to Rabbi Aharon Aryeh Leib, one of the sons of the great Rabbi Meir of Premishlan,...
Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl: Out of the Closet
Rabbi Mordechai Twersky was born in Chernobyl to the famous Rabbi Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl (author of the book Ma’or Einayim and a disciple of...
The Saraf of Moglanitza: The Righteous Women in his Life
Rabbi Chaim Meir Yechiel Shapira, known as the Saraf of Moglanitza, was born in 5559 (1799) to Rebbetzin Pearl, the daughter of Rabbi Yisrael of...
