Reb Yitzchak Meir Alter, the first Gerrer Rebbe, also known by the title of his writings, Chiddushei haRi’m, was a talmid of Reb Simcha Bunim of Peshischa and a brother-in-law of the Kotzker Rebbe. He took the Chasidic emphasis of avodah and turned it toward limud haTorah coming close to Hashem through passionate study of Gemara […]
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Reb Dovid Leib Schvartz, a Viznitzer chasid endearingly referred to as der Heiligeh Schnohrer, ‘the Holy Beggar’, was a beloved and well known gabbai tzedakah in Bnei Brak. One of the neighborhood’s recognizable, holy characters, he lived with his wife in a single room apartment, and was ‘a regular’ at the shteiblach and minyan factories […]
Rebbe Yisrael Alter, the Beis Yisroel of Gur, zy’a, was fond of repeating a m’aseh about his great-grandfather, Reb Yitzchok Meir, the Chidushei haRi’m: One day, a self-described non-believing maskil, rebellious and arrogant, came before the Chidushei haRi’m. This man gloated that although he had done many aveiros, indulging all of his wants and desires, […]
Rav Daniel Movshovitz, Hy’d, was the menahel of the Talmud Torah of Kelm. He was an embodiment of mussar, refinement, greatness in Torah, faith, straightforward yashrus, and nobility in middos a portrait of sheleimus. He was a son in law of Rav Nochum Zev Ziv, scion of the glory of Kelm. When Rav Simcha Zissel Broide, […]