Rav Aharon Kotler, zt’l, the renowned gaon and rosh yeshivah, was the founder of Beis Midrash Govoha in Lakewood. One of the Gedolei haDor, Rav Aharon was both an incomparable guardian of Talmud Torah and the leader of Vaad Hatzalah during the Holocaust. Rav Aharon’s brilliance was matched only by his sensitivity, caring heart, and […]
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Sender Shapiro was a towering rabbinic figure in Lithuania at the turn of 20th Century, a genius in Torah renowned for his righteous ways. He was the author of Sefer Chidushei HaGarzas on Kodshim, a multi-volume work, and was the primary influence and rebbe of his son, Rav Avraham Dov-Ber Kahana Shapiro, […]
Rav Yisroel Belsky, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, was a leading halachic authority, hands-on posek, a talented musician, well versed in “secular” knowledge, and saw Hashem’s wisdom expressed in all areas of human inquiry and creativity. He interpreted everything through the prism of Torah and vibrant, living Yiddishkeit. Once Rav Belsky was on a […]
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For eighteen years, Rabbi Chesed Halberstam was one of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s personal attendants. He also had a unique Shlichus; each day, he had the privilege of driving Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, a’h, the Lubavitcher Rebbetzin, to a park on Long Island. There she would enjoy some down time, breathing in the fresh air and […]