Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg 1979,1980-2008 Frida, Gavriel’s mother, told of the couple’s commitment to the Chabad center in Mumbai.”There is no other couple like them, they did so much for strangers,” she said.”They helped people…
Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik 1917-2001 The youngest of five children, Soloveichik was born to Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik in Khislavichi, Russia, at which time his father was the rabbi of that town. The late Rav Joseph Ber…
The Ben Ish Chai – Chacham Yosef Chaim 1832-1904 Chacham Yosef Chaim was born in 1832 in the city of Baghdad where his father was the Rabbi. (Chacham [wise man] is commonly used among Sephardim…
Judah ben Solomon Chai Alkalai 1798–1878 Judah ben Solomon Chai Alkalai was a Sephardic rabbi in Zemun in the Austrian Empire’s District of Velika Kikinda (in present day Serbia) and one of pioneers of modern…
Uri Zvi Grinberg 1896–1981 Uri Zvi Grinberg (Hebrew: אורי צבי גרינברג) was an acclaimed Israeli poet and journalist who wrote in Yiddish and Hebrew. Uri Zvi Grinberg was born in Bialikamin, Galicia, then Austria-Hungary, into…
Rabbi Yisrael Alter 1895–1977 Yisrael Alter, also known as the Beis Yisroel after the works he authored, was the fourth Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he held from 1948 until 1977.…
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook 1865-1935 Rav Kook was born in Griva, Latvia in 1865. His father was a student of the Volozhin Yeshiva, the center of ‘mitnagdut,’ whereas his maternal grandfather was a memeber of…
Rabbi Sholom Mordechai Schwadron 1835–1911 Rabbi Sholom Mordechai Schwadron (שלום בן משה הכהן שוודרן) was known by his acronym Maharsham. He was a foremost halachic authority and his main works “Shailos Uteshuvos Maharsham” and “Daas…