The famed Alter of Slabodka, Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, zt’l, was a revolutionary educator and builder of Torah. He reoriented the focus of avodas Hashem on gadlus ha-adam, the inherent greatness of the human being. The Alter’s son-in-law and successor, Rav Yitzchak Isaac Sher, zt’l, transmitted the derech of Slabodka to the post-War generation of […]
Throughout the early 20th Century, Jews suffered brutal persecution at the hands of the evil Soviet regime. Religious life was forced underground, where a clandestine network of Jewish life persisted, fueled by great self-sacrifice. The incredible efforts of Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Friediker (or previous) Lubavitcher Rebbe, energized the core of Jewish life in […]
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 […]