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As the Rabbi of Brisk, and later of the holy city of Yerushalayim, Rav Yehoshua Leib Diskin, known as the Maharil Diskin, zt”l, was known as a fiery gaon in Torah and a man of great chessed. In 1881, after years of fostering needy children and in the face of great suffering and poverty, the […]
A prominent Rav once gave the following update to a moshol from the Dubno Maggid: Imagine for a moment, a wealthy gvir wanting his family to get together.
Rabbi Shimon Yosef Meller rescues a rare photo of the Brisker Rav from a forgotten archive
Veteran askanim Rabbi Shia Markowitz and Rabbi Shmuel Bloom join forces for shemittah Before Shia Markowitz, a decades-long communal activist whose stamp is on some of the most important communal initiatives in recent years, took over the international shemittah umbrella, he admits that he didn’t have much emotional connection to Eretz Yisrael. Today, joining forces with former Agudah executive Rabbi Shmuel Bloom, the two American askanim are working tirelessly so that the Holy Land can have its rest Reb Shia Markowitz might just be the most famous askan you never heard of. Although he...