Tomorrow is Zedi Sklar’s mother Yahrzeit - see pictures at the end of this post. I saw this beautiful Kotzker. VaYikra 11:33 וְכָל־כְּלִי־חֶ֔רֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר־יִפֹּ֥ל מֵהֶ֖ם אֶל־תּוֹכ֑וֹ כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁ֧ר בְּתוֹכ֛וֹ יִטְמָ֖א וְאֹת֥וֹ תִשְׁבֹּֽרוּ׃ Rashi - (אל תוכו. אֵין כְּלִי חֶרֶס מִטַּמֵּא אֶלָּא מֵאֲוִירוֹ (חולין כ"ד Rashi - ואותו …
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Sheloshim for Reb Avraham Mordechai Janowski Yahrzeit for the Yunge Bubbi- 1 Rosh Chodosh Iyar The Legacy of Nadav V’Avihu Sheloshim for Reb Avraham Mordechai Janowski This Shabbos is the Sheloshim for our dear Uncle, Avraham Mordechai Janowski. His parents, Eliyahu and Shoshana Bracha Janowski, had 4 children; Kelcha, Simon (my father-in-law), Sam, and the …
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This coming Tuesday night, February 3, 2015 and extending into Wednesday February 4, 2015 is the 156th Yahrzeit of the Kotzker. The following is a piece I wrote last year and did not have a chance to put it on my website. I offer this as my 2015 Yahrzeit speech for the Kotzker. THE KOTZKER …
11 Tamuz: Tonight and tomorrow is my father’s 11th Yahrzeit. My father’s will states: Upon donations made with my money the following shall be stated: “This is a donation from the late Mr. Israel J. Morgenstern, who was continuously hungry since September 1, 1939, when Hitler and his German army with his German Luftwaffe (air …
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Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Morgenstern, TZL 1858 - 2/18/1920 – 29 Shevat 5680 This Shabbos was the 83rd Yahrzeit of my great Grandfather, Admor Tzvi Hersh Morgenstern of Lukav. Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Morgenstern was the great grandson of the Kotzker. The Kotzker Rebbe was his Sandek. The genealogy is: 1) Kotzker Rebbe: 1787 – 1859 …
Family e-mail: January 26, 2011 It is now 7:44 PM and I have just finished for the day. I did go to Sidney for Mincha and Maariv. I gave the Daf Yomi Shiur last week and enjoyed it. To prepare I used the Daf Yomi shiur on ou.org, the most widely listened to Daf Yomi …
154 years 22 Shevat 5619 – January 27, 1859 Takhe Kotzk (click to listen) This Shabbos is the Kotzker Rebbe's 154th Yharzeit. Everyone is invited to the Glenner residence for a Yhazeit seudah this shabbos after minchah. Years ago my father sent me a Cantor Paul Zim tape of Yiddish songs that included the song …
