Grave

Yoram Abargil

The Resting Place of Chacham Yoram Abargil Burial place - Netivot; Yahrzeit - 27 Tishrei; Chacham Yoram Michael Abargil was born to Rina and Chananya Abargil 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 afterward at the junior Tiferet Tzvi Yeshiva, 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 Abargil 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 a 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; he remained with him until the end, until the tzadik's passing in 1984. In 1985, Chacham Yoram Michael Abargil founded a small kollel in a bomb shelter in Netivot called Kol Rina Rav Pe'alim. Over time he came to lead 45 kollelim throughout Israel. Alongside religious educational institutions, he headed Birkat Yosef U'Pe'ulat Tzedek - a national network of charitable organizations. Chacham Yoram Abargil passed away from illness on 27 Tishrei (2015). His sermons 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 ready heart have the privilege of experiencing the delight of Shabbat in this world. Only if a person merits feeling the delight of the Shabbat day in this world, and thereby attains the aspect of the neshama yeteira [additional soul] of Shabbat, only then will that person merit also enjoying the delights of "the day that is entirely Shabbat" - the World to Come. Indeed, one who has a ready heart can sense the feeling of 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 it is stated in the midrash; everyone is more at peace on Shabbat. How, then, can one not feel the delight of Shabbat..." May the merit of the tzadik protect our people!