Yahrzeit of Tzadikim in the Month of Av and Their Segulot
Yahrzeit of Tzadikim in the Month of Av and Their Segulot
1 Av - Aharon ben Amram ha-Kohen
1 Av - Elazar ben Aharon ha-Kohen
2 Av - Rabbi Aharon ben Moshe Teumim - Rav of Krakow - “Al Kiddush Hashem”
3 Av - Rabbi Shimshon ben Pesach of Ostropoli - “Al Kiddush Hashem”
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4 Av - Rabbi Menachem Azariah ben Yitzchak Berechiah - Rama mi-Fano
4 Av - Rabbi Raphael Ankawa - ha-Malakh
4 Av - Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam
5 Av - Rabbi Yitzchak Luria Ashkenazi - the Arizal, Ari ha-Kadosh
5 Av - Rabbi Moshe ben Tov - “Tzadik ha-Mezuzot”
5 Av - Rabbi Meir ben Shaul of Pressburg - Maharam Barbi
5 Av - Rabbi Chaim of Krasna - a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
8 Av - Rabbi Shimon ben Aharon Agassi - ha-Rashba
8 Av - Rabbi Simcha Zissel Broida Ziv - the Alter of Kelm
8 Av - Rabbi Yitzchak ben Yaakov Zilber - Toldot Yeshurun
9 Av - Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Ha-Levi Horowitz - the Chozeh of Lublin
9 Av - Rabbi Amram Ben-Diwan - a sage of Morocco
9 Av - Rabbi Yitzchak Nissim ben Rachamim - Rishon LeZion (teacher of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu)
9 Av - Rabbi Gavriel Malakh ben David Horowitz of Mogielnica - a disciple of the Maggid of Kozhnitz
10 Av - Rabbi Don Yitzchak bar Yehuda Abravanel
10 Av - Yissachar ben Yaakov Avinu
11 Av - Rabbi Hillel ben Meir Ha-Levi Malisov of Paritch
12 Av - Rabbi Chaim Avishalom ben Ezra ha-Kohen Parchia - the “Halban”
13 Av - Rabbi Natan Neta ben Shlomo Shapiro - “Megaleh Amukot”
13 Av - Rabbi Eliyahu Maaravi - a kabbalist of Jerusalem
14 Av - Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch of Liska - “Ach Pri Tevah” and “ha-Yashar ve-ha-Tov.”
15 Av - Rabbi Shimon Libi of Tripoli - “Kesem Paz,” author of the song “Bar Yochai”
15 Av - Tanna Rabbi Nachum Ish Gam Zu
15 Av - Tanna Rabbi Yosei ha-Galili
15 Av - Rabbi Amram Diwan - a tzadik of Morocco
17 Av - Rabbi Shimshon ben Yosef Yuzel Wertheimer - Vienna
19 Av - Rabbi Yaakov bar Makir Kuli of Istanbul - “Me’am Lo’ez”
19 Av - Rabbi Naftali ben Yehuda of Nemirov - a student of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
20 Av - Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe)
21 Av - Rabbi Chaim ben Yosef Dov Ber Soloveitchik - Rav of Brisk
21 Av - Rabbi Aharon ben Yissachar Dov Rokeach - the Belzer Rebbe
21 Av - Rabbi Alexander Sender ben Yitzchak of Komarno - a disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin - “Tzemach David”
21 Av - Rabbi Dovid Hager ben Menachem Mendel of Zabloto - son of the Kosover Rebbe
22 Av - Rabbi Meir the Great ben Yaakov Tam of Peremyshlyany - “Or Torato Shel Rabbi Meir”
22 Av - Rabbi Eliyahu ha-Kohen Dushnitzer - one of the “Lamed Vav,” mashgiach of the Lomza Yeshiva in Petah Tikva
23 Av - Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael ben Chaim Peretz Kanievsky - the Steipler Gaon, “Kehillot Yaakov”
24 Av - Rabbi Ephraim Zalman ben Menachem Margoliot - Av Beit Din of Brody
25 Av - Rabbi Yeshayahu Menachem ben Yitzchak of Krakow - founder of heter iska היתר עיסקא - “permission for a transaction”
26 Av - Rabbi Yoel ben Chananya Yom Tov Teitelbaum - the Satmar Rebbe
26 Av - Rabbi Yaakov Meshullam Orenstein - Rav of Lviv - “Yeshuot Yaakov”
27 Av - Rabbi Yehuda ben Moshe Paitaya - “Minchat Yehuda”
27 Av - Rabbi Yehoshua Charif of Krakow - “Magenei Shlomo”
27 Av - Rabbi Avraham Mordechai ben Yitzchak Meir Alter - son of the “Chiddushei HaRim” and father of the “Sfat Emet”
28 Av - Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehuda bar Yaakov Berlin - the Netziv of Volozhin
29 Av - Rabbi Shmuel ben Yosef Zundel Salant - Rav of Jerusalem
29 Av - Rabbi Menachem Mendel ben Yehuda-Aryeh-Leib Alter - son of the “Sfat Emet” - sanctified the Name of G-d in Treblinka
30 Av - Rabbi Eliezer-Zusa bar Yisrael-Avraham Portugal - the Skulener Rebbe
Why Is It So Important to Light a Neshama Candle?
“Neshama candle” in Hebrew means a soul candle, or a memorial candle. In Hebrew, instead of “for the repose of the soul,” the term “Le-Ilui” is used, meaning the elevation of the soul. Lighting a candle le-ilui nishmat the deceased is mentioned in several sources.
“It is known that the soul derives pleasure from the lighting of candles; it moves in the splendor of heaven, joy spreads from the source of light, and it yearns for that light. Although the light of a candle’s flame is material, while the light of the soul is spiritual, pure, and simple.”
(Rabbeinu Bachya, Terumah “Offerings
- “הרי לך שהנשמה יש לה הנאה מןהאור” - “There the souls delight in the light, and one should not be surprised that even the scent is beloved by the soul when it is in the body.”
Ben Ish Chai teaches that the soul of a tzadik rejoices when a memorial candle is lit for him, and his soul ascends to Ha-Shem and intercedes on behalf of the person who lit the Neshama candle in his honor.
(Ben Ish Chai, Torah Lishmah, 520)
The origin of this custom is associated with Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, the compiler of the Mishnah, who instructed his family:
“נריהיה דלוק במקומו”- “Candles shall be lit in his place,” - which expresses honor for the deceased.
“The Name of the Almighty is contained in the name of a tzadik. It ‘clothes itself’ in him; from this we learn that when the name of a tzadik is spread, the Name of the Blessed One is spread. The greater the name of the tzadik, the greater the Name of the Almighty, because the Name of the Almighty is associated with the name of the tzadik.” (Chazal)
A 24-hour or oil candle is used for lighting a candle le Ilui Nishmat. Before lighting the candle, money is set aside for the Kupat Tzedakah.
The candle is lit with the words: “Hareini madlik ner le-Ilui Nishmat Rabbi… Ribono Shel Olam, be-zchut tzadik Rabbi...” (personal requests)
(Sila Tehilim website)
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