Wednesday, Aug 19, 2026

WHEN TORAH BECAME FIRE: One Hundred Years Since the Petirah of Rabbeinu Meir Simcha Hakohen of Dvinsk zt”l

One Hundred Years Since the Petirah of Rabbeinu Meir Simcha Hakohen of Dvinsk zt”l, the Ohr Someiach, Whose Torah Burned and Whose Heart Embraced

In Memoriam

Rabbi Chaim Yisroel Abadi zt”l

There are levayos that mark the end of a life. And then there are levayos at which the tzibbur stands in stunned silence, beginning

In Memoriam

Rav Chanoch Aryeh Friedman zt”l

By Rav Michoel Sorotzkin There are lives that impress, lives that inspire, and lives that quietly but indelibly redefine what a ben Torah can

In Memoriam

If Only I Would Be I: In Tribute to Rav Reuvane Chinn zt”l

Jews from McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and the members of Congregation Gemilas Chessed more specifically, are family to each other. Their bond is the legacy they

In Memoriam

In Tribute to Chaim Tzvi (Chatzi) Katz z”l Upon His First Yahrtzeit

Dearest Chaim Tzvi, Shortly after you “slipped away” from us last Rosh Hashanah, I asked your good friend, Reb Sruly Besser, if he would

In Memoriam

Rav Dovid Kamenetsky zt”l: Tzar Li Alecha Achi, Na’amata Li Me’od

By Rav Shlomo Gottesman The petirah of Rav Dovid Kamenetsky zt”l on Motzoei Shabbos, as Klal Yisroel prepared to begin supplicating the Ribbono Shel

In Memoriam

Rabbi Dovid Teichman z”l: A Camp Counselor for All

By Chaim Yehuda Meyer On Shabbos morning, Parshas Vayeishev, Rabbi Dovid Teichman, beloved son, husband, father, grandfather, and camp director passed away. A decades-long