| Today is: Monday, Cheshvan 3, 5772 · October 31, 2011
• Passing of R. Israel of Ruzhin (1850)
The 3rd of Cheshvan is the yahrtzeit (anniversary of the passing) of the famed Chassidic master Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin (1797-1850), known as "The Holy Ruzhiner." Rabbi Israel was a great-grandson of Rabbi DovBer of Mezeritch; a close friendship existed between the Ruzhiner Rebbe and the 3rd Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch. Link: three stories
You will be gathered up, one by one, O children of Israel
- Isaiah 27:12
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