17-23 Adar, 5778 - 4-10 March 2018

17 Adar

• Yahrzeit of Raizel, mother of the Chasam Sofer (d. 1822) as well as her grandson Rav Shimon Sofer (d. 1883), the rabbi of Cracow.

18 Adar

• Yahrzeit of Rav Alexander Suskind of Horodna, author of Yesod V'Shoresh Ha'Avoda (d. 1794). A very intense work explaining the thoughts and emotions one should experience during prayer and while performing many Mitzvos. The story is told that he wished to become a disciple of the Maggid of Mezritz, but the Maggid demurred, saying, said that as long as he does not become a Chhossid his teachings would be accepted by a wider circle of Jewry.
• 170th anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto
• Yahrzeit of Rav Chaim Shlomo Leibowitz (d. 2016) Rosh Yeshiva of Ponovez and Kaminetz

19 Adar

• Yahrzeit of Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld head of the Eida HaCharedis in Yerushalaim (d. 1932). In this photo he is seen in Yerushalaim with the President of Czechoslovakia.

20 Adar

• Recorded in Megillath Taanis as a holiday as it was the day on which the prayers of Choni Ha'Mi'Agel were answered and rain came to Jerusalem.
• Yahrzeit of Rav Yoel Sirkes, (d. 1640), better known as the Bach author of major halachic commentary on the Tur, commentary on the Book of Ruth, glosses on the Talmud and other works.
• Yahrzeit of Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (d. 1995), major Israeli posek especially in areas of new technology. Beloved by a wide sector of Torah Jewry as testified two by the quarter million people who attended his funeral.

21 Adar

• Yahrzeit of the Noam Elimelech (d. 1786), one of the early leaders of the Chassidic movement. He was a student of the Maggid of Mezritz, brother of the Rebbe Reb Zushe and teacher to many of the leaders of the next generation of Chassidus, including the Chozeh of Lublin and the Apter Rov.
• Yahrzeit of Rav Reuven Grozowski (d. 1958), Rosh Yeshiva of Kaminetz and Bais Medrash Elyon. Died after suffering for a long time after being injured in a car accident. It has long been speculated that the cause of the accident was opposition to his efforts to improve the state of Kashrus supervision.

22 Adar

• Yahrzeit of Rav Yechiel Michel Epstein of Navohrdok (d. 1908). Author of Aruch Hashulchan a Halachic work covering all areas of Halacha.

23 Adar

• Yahrzeit of The founding Gerrer Rebbe, the Chidushei HaRim (d. 1866).