Sunday, October 2, 2011

Rav Naftoli Trop zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today, Tzom Gedaliah » Matzav.com - The Online Voice of Torah Jewry

Rav Naftoli Trop zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today, Tzom Gedaliah » Matzav.com - The Online Voice of Torah Jewry: "Rav Naftoli Trop zt”l (1871-1928) was the rosh yeshiva of the yeshiva in Radiń, Poland and one of the gedolei Torah of the early part of the last century. Born in Grodno, Rav Naftoli learned with his father, Rav Moshe Trop, who was rosh yeshiva of a local yeshiva. At 14, he left to learn in Kelm, where his chavrusah for ten years was the legendary Rav Yerucham Levovitz, who went on to become mashgiach of the Mirrer yeshiva. Rav Naftoli proceeded to briefly learn in Slabodka and Telz, where he became close to Rav Eliezer Gordon."

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