Yahrtzeit Yomi #894!!

טז טבת

Rav Chaim Kreiswirth

Rav of Antwerp

רב חיים ב״ר אברהם יוסף

גאב"ד אנטווערפען

(1918 - 2001)

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Today, 16 Teves, marks the 22nd Yahrtzeit of Rav Chaim Kreiswirth ZTL.

Rav Kreiswirth was the longtime Rosh Av Beis Din in Antwerp, Belgium, and the founder and Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivas Merkaz HaTorah in Jerusalem.

Already in his youth, Reb Chaim was renowned for his phenomenal brilliance, excellent character traits and geniality, and was dubbed the "Cracover Illui" at the young age of 15, in recognition of his prodigious powers of Talmudic analysis.

Reb Chaim studied for many years in the famous Torah centers of Poland and Lithuania. Upon application to the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, he was tested by the Rosh HaYeshiva, Rav Meir Shapiro. Rav Shapiro was duly impressed by Reb Chaim’s proficiency in all aspects of Torah. Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzinski as well as Rav Chanoch Henoch Eigis (both of Vilna) were very fond of him, and gave his sefer on Tractate Zevachim a warm approbation (the manuscript of which was lost during World War II).

As accomplished as the Rav was in the realm of Torah Scholarship, so was he proficient in the realm of chessed and tzedakah, particularly as it pertained to the plight of young widows and orphans. Many hundreds across the globe, found tremendous financial support and relief, thanks to the untiring efforts of the ״אנטווערפען רב״ (as he was admiringly known).

Rav Naftoli Jaeger Shlita, currently the famed Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivas Shaar Yoshuv in Far Rockaway, New York, would take note of the incredible genius of Rav Chaim; recalling how the latter would recite entire passages of the מהרשא’s commentary by heart, word for word!!

It is noteworthy that Rav Chaim zl was niftar on 16 Teves; just a few hours after 15 Teves - his 83rd birthday.

יהי זכרו ברוך!!

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Teves Yahrtzeits!!

1. Tekufas Teves

2. Zos Chanukah

3. Rav Chaim Shmulevitz

4. Baal Hatecheiles/Rav P Teitz

5. Yechezkel 33:21

6. Divrei Yechezkel

7. The Ishbitzer

8. Septuagint

9. Ezra HaSofer

10. Rav Nosson of Breslov/Rav Moshe Shapiro

11. Rav Dovid Kronglass

12. Pnei Moshe

13. Rav YM Gordon

14. Rav Aryeh Leib Bakst

15. Rav Raphael of Bershed

16. Rav Chaim Kreiswirth

17. Dubno Maggid

18. Bnei Yissaschar

19. Ketzos Hachoshen

20. Rambam

21. Shimon Ben Yaakov Avinu

22. TBA

23. Rav Mordechai Gifter

24. Baal HaTanya/Rav Dessler

25. Rav YM Tukatchinsky

26. Rav Shlomo Brevda

27. Rav SR Hirsch

28. Rav Shmuel Berenbaum

29. Rav Yitzchak Kaduri

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