Category «Nissan»

Hagaada 5778

Hagaada: Who Knows Four?  (Sons, That Is) Let us contemplate one of the central themes of the Pesach seder, the parable of the four sons.  How do we engage all types of people – chacham (wise), rasha (wicked), tam (commonly understood as simple) and she’eino yodeya lishol (ignorant)? It has been cited in the name …

Reb Aharon Hagadol of Karlin

Reb Aharon Hagadol of Karlin zy”a Born – 1736 Died – 19 Nissan 1772 Karlin, Belorussia Reb Aharon Hagadol was the first Rebbe of the Karlin-Stolin Chassidic Dynasty.  He was one the foremost students of the Maggid of Mezritch.  He helped the rapid spread of chassidism in Eastern Europe, and was the founder of the …

Reb Meir Leifer

Sipurei Tzadikim Reb Meir Leifer the Nadvorna-Clevelander Rebbe Born – 2 Nissan, 5641 (1881) – Bochnia, Poland Died – 12 Nissan, 6701 (1941) – Los Angeles, California Reb Meir Leifer the Nadvorna-Clevelander Rebbe passed away on the 12th of Nissan, 1941, in Los Angeles, Ca. He is buried in the Agudas Achim cemetery on 1022 …