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Rav Avraham Kalmanowitz

1891–1965 · Tiktin

Av Beis Din of Tiktin and Rosh Yeshivas Mir in the U.S., who was a leading figure in the Vaad Hatzalah rescue efforts during WWII.

Rav Meir Paprish

1624–1662

Known as the Ohr Tzadikim, he began learning Kabbalah at age 13 as a student of Rav Yaakov Tzemach.

Rav Moshe Schwab

1918–1979 · Gateshead

Younger brother of Rav Shimon Schwab, he joined Gateshead Yeshiva in 1946 and authored Ma'archei Lev on the Yomim Tovim.

Rav Yaakov Yechezkiya Grunwald of Pupa

d. 1941 · Pupa, Hungary

Known as the Vayaged Yaakov, he served as Rav of Pupa, Hungary, and established a yeshiva of 300 students.

Rav Yisrael Alter

1895–1977 · Ger

The Beis Yisrael, fourth Rebbe of Ger, who rebuilt the Ger dynasty after the Holocaust and served as a major force in the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah.

Rav Yom Tov Algazi

1727–1802 · Izmir

Known as the Maharit Algazi, he served as Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Kel and as Rishon LeTzion, and was a leading student of Rav Shalom Sharabi.

Anti-Jewish Riots in Cracow

Anti-Jewish riots in Cracow, 1682.

Fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar

Fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar; King Jeconiah captured and exiled to Babylon, 598 BCE.

Greek Jews of Salonika Transported to Extermination Camps

Greek Jews from Salonika transported to Nazi extermination camps, 1943.

Justinian Issues Novella 146

Byzantine Emperor Justinian issued Novella 146, restricting Torah study and rabbinic interpretation, 553.

Knesset Bill Defining Who Is a Jew

Knesset bill defining a Jew as one born to a Jewish mother or one converted to Judaism, 1970.

Nazis Confiscate Books and Torah Scrolls of Kovno Ghetto

Nazis confiscated all books and Torah scrolls of the Kovno ghetto, 1942.