For the Record
Rav Yehuda Alkalai (1798–1878) served as rabbi of Belgrade and was an early proponent of Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel
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The fact that father and son dealt with the same curious theme hints at some family history behind the discussion
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One of the historical curiosities of the mussar movement was the tendency of its tzaddikim to travel
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Rav Avraham Kalmanowitz’s rescue and rebuilding activities came during a busy career of rabbinical responsibilities
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His dream, however, was to establish a yeshivah in Tel Aviv
For the Record
The unusual trajectory of the life of Rav Leibel Eiger (1816–1888) was unforeseen at the outset