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Rav Yaakov Lupos |
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(5697/1936). One of the great Kabbalists in Jerusalem.
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Rav Noach of Ludmir |
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The author of “Biurim of Maharam Shif” on the Talmud.
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Rav Yosef Yozel Horowitz |
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The Alter from Novardok . Born in 5608 in the Lithuanian town of Plongian. Reb Yosef Yoizel joined Kovno's Kollel Perushim where he studied under Reb Itzele Blazer, Reb Naftali Amsterdam and Reb Avraham Shenker, spending at least 18 hours a day - most of the time standing- studying Shas and poskim. In 5654 Reb Yosef Yoizel began to visit the Alter of Kelm, Reb Simcha Zissel Ziv. He was niftar in 5680. See: www.famousrabbis.com/Reb Horowitz
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Rav Avraham Yochanan Blumenthal |
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(1877-1966). Born to his parents one year after they made aliyah from Hungary, he married in 1895, and - despite the death of three of his children and his wife's becoming hard of hearing - he began an orphanage for the destitute of Yerushalayim during World War I. Beis Zion Blumenthal has been continued by his grandson, Reb Eliezer Rakovsky (d. 1996) and his great grandson, Reb Boruch Rakovsky.
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Rav Shalom Tito |
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