27 Tishrei · Yahrzeit
Yahrzeit/Hillula of Rabbi Yoram Michael Abergil
Chacham Yoram Michael ben Chanania Abergil
Burial place – Netivot;
Yahrzeit – 27 Tishrei;
Chacham Yoram Michael Abergil was born to Rina and Chanania Abergil in 1957 in Moshav Brosh, between Netivot and Ofakim.
He first studied Torah at a religious school and continued his studies at the Chabad Talmud Torah. He went on to study at the Bnei Akiva Yeshiva in Kfar Maimon, and then at the junior yeshiva Tiferet Tzvi, affiliated with the Hebron Yeshiva.
In 1973 he began studying at the Yeshivat HaNegev in Netivot under Rabbi Yissachar Meir, the Rosh Yeshiva, who became his rabbi.
Chacham Yoram Abergil married Geula and they had six children. He continued his studies at the Beit Yisrael college, affiliated with Chabad in Netivot, while training to teach at the college in Sderot.
He followed the path of Chabad and regularly gave classes on the Tanya. His lessons were published under the title "Betzur Yoram." From 1980 he became associated with Baba Sali, remaining with him until the very end, until the tzadik's passing in 1984.
In 1985, Chacham Yoram Michael Abergil founded a small kollel in a bomb shelter in Netivot called Kol Rina Rav Pe'alim.
Over time he came to head 45 kollels throughout Israel.
Alongside religious educational institutions, he headed Birkat Yosef U'Pa'alat Tzedek – a national network of charitable organizations.
Chacham Yoram Abergil passed away from illness on 27 Tishrei, (2015). His teachings and original commentaries were published in the following books:
"Betzur Yoram" – a 10-volume work on the Tanya, Imrei Noam – 4 volumes on the weekly Torah portions and Jewish holidays, a collection of his sayings, and Kol Rina, a prayer siddur.
A few quotes from "Love of Israel":
"Those who have a willing heart have the privilege of experiencing the pleasure of Shabbat in this world.
Only if a person merits feeling the pleasure of the Shabbat day in this world, thereby attaining the aspect of the Shabbat neshama yeteira [additional soul], only then will that person also merit enjoying the pleasures of 'the day that is entirely Shabbat' – the World to Come. Indeed, one who has a willing heart can sense the joy and sweetness of the Shabbat day, because on Shabbat the sky becomes brighter, the air in the world becomes purer, and people's faces become more beautiful and radiant, as stated in the midrash; everyone is more at peace on Shabbat. How could one not feel the pleasure of Shabbat…"
May the merit of the tzadik protect our people!