Category: 28th Av
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28th Av – Rav Pam’s Yarzheit
Someone e-mailed me to say that today is also the Yarzheit of R’ Avraham Pam, Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetsky wrote this moving tribute to Rav Pam: HOW do you capture the essence of an elderly man, stricken with a devastating and, ultimately, fatal disease, who insists on attending a fundraising event, having to be brought by… Read more
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28th Av – The Netziv
Today was the Yarzheit of the Netziv (R’ Naftali Tzvi Berlin), the famous uncle of the Torah Temimah (hence ‘My Uncle the Netziv’ – great reading if you can get hold of it – it was one of the first recent books to get banned because someone took offence. I suppose that makes it a… Read more