19 Shevat
- Yahrzeit of Rav Shimon Greenfield (d. 1930) best known as author of שו"ת מהרש"ג ש an important work of responsa.
- Yahrzeit of Rav Yisroel Belsky, (d. 2016) Rosh Yeshiva, Torah Vodaath and Posek of the OU.
20 Shevat
- Yahrzeit of Doctor Chaim David Bernhard of Piotrkow (d. 1858). Raised non-observant he was amazed when one of his patients recovered from a terminal illness after visiting the Lelover Rebbe and he returned to Torah observance.
22 Shevat
- Yahrzeit of the Kotzker Rebbe (d. 1851). Known for his sharp with and unwavering devotion to the truth. His students and descendants were among the leaders of the next generations of Polish Chassidus.
- Yahrzeit of Rav Leibele Eiger, student of the aforementioned Kotzker and grandson of Rav Akiva Eiger.
- Yahrzeit of Rav Yehuda Segal of Manchester (d. 1993)
23 Shevat
- Anniversary of the gathering of the tribes to fight against the tribe of Benyamin during the incident known as Pilegesh B'Giva described at the end of the Book of Judges.
24 Shevat
- Yahrzeit of Rav Tzvi Gutmacher (d. 1873). I am most indebted for his commentary of Tractate Kinim named קן מפורשת.
25 Shevat
- On this Shabbos we read from two Sifrei Torah. We first read the regularly scheduled Torah reading which is then followed by Parshas Shekalim, a reminder of the annual half-shekel given at this time of the year when the Temple stood in order to pay for the daily sacrifices.
- Yahrzeit of Rav Yisroel Salanter (d. 1883) founder of the Mussar movement.
- Yahrzeit of Rav Uziel Moshe Rothstein ,(d. 1973) author of Nachlas Moshe, which was very valuable to me as a young Talmudic student.
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