Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch of Ziditchov: An Etrog or a Potato
Before the holy Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch HaKohen of Ziditchov became widely known, he spent time, after the passing of his master Rebbe Menachem Mendel of...
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Rashi: Preparation for a Mission
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki was born in Troyes, in northern France, to his father Rabbi Yitzchak, in the year 4800 (1040). Very little is known of...
The Ramak: Rabbi Moses Cordovero: Don't Doubt the Holy Ari
Rabbi Moses Cordovero was born in the year 5282 (1522) to Rabbi Yaakov. His birthplace is unknown, though his family name attests that his lineage...
The Holy Or HaChaim: The Letters of the Tefillin
Rabbi Chaim ben Attar, known eponymously by his Torah commentary as the holy Or HaChaim, was born in 5456 (1696) in Salé, Morocco, to his...
Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch of Ziditchov: The Zohar’s Compassion
Rebbe Tzvi Hirsch of Ziditchov (Zydaczów) was born in 5563 (1803) to Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Safrin in Galicia, a descendant of the author of...
Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn: The Power of a Rebbe
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe was born on the 11th of Nissan 5662 (1902) to his father Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneersohn, a...
Rabbi Avraham Chaim Na'eh: The Measure of a Man
Rabbi Avraham Chaim Na'eh was born in Iyar 5650 (1890) to his father Rabbi Menachem Mendel and his mother Musia, leaders of the Chabad community...
Rabbi Chaim ben Attar, the Holy Or HaChaim: Liver or Honor?
Rabbi Chaim ben Attar, known for his Torah commentary as the holy Or HaChaim, was born in 5456 (1696) in Salé, Morocco, to his father...
The Rebbe Rayatz: Demanding Self-Sacrifice from Others
The Rebbe Rayatz, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, was born to his father, Rebbe Shalom Dov Ber, the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe on the 12th of Tammuz,...
Rabbi Aryeh Levin and the Lubavitcher Rebbe: Just One More Story
Rabbi Aryeh Levin, known as the "Father of Prisoners," was born in Orla near Bialystok (now in Poland) in the 1880s to his father Binyamin...
