🗓️ Luach Hayom – Today in Halacha & Jewish History: 22nd Nissan

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📅 Year 2049 – The Circumcision of Yitzchak Avinu

According to tradition, Yitzchak Avinu was born on the first day of Passover, and his brit milah took place on the eighth day, as the Torah states: “And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old.”

 

📅 Year 2489 – The Encirclement of Jericho Begins

In Year 2489 from Creation, Yehoshua and the Children of Israel began the miraculous conquest of Jericho, encircling the city once each day for six days and seven times on the seventh day, as commanded by God. This event marked the first military engagement upon entering the Land of Israel and demonstrated that the conquest would be achieved not by conventional force alone, but through obedience to divine command and faith in God’s promise.

📅 Today’s Yahrzeits

🕯️ Rabbi Yehuda Rozanis — author of Mishneh LaMelech and Parashat Derakhim

🕯️ Rabbi Yisrael Yitzchak Kalish of Vorka — author of Beit Shmu’el Yitzchak

🕯️ Rabbi Yitzchak Twersky of Skver (Reb Itzikl)

 

👤Their Background[1]

🕯️ Rabbi Yehuda ben Rabbi Shmuel Rozanis — author of Mishneh LaMelech and Parashat Derakhim

Rabbi Yehuda Rozanis (1657–1727) was one of the foremost halachic authorities of his era, renowned as the author of Mishneh LaMelech, a classic supercommentary on the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah, and Parashat Derakhim, a work of penetrating talmudic analysis. His writings are marked by exceptional depth and became foundational texts in advanced Torah study. He is remembered as a towering scholar whose influence continues across generations.

 

🕯️ Rabbi Yisrael Yitzchak Kalish ben Rabbi Shimon of Vorka — author of Beit Shmu’el Yitzchak
Rabbi Yisrael Yitzchak Kalish (1779–1848), the first Rebbe of Vorka, was renowned for his extraordinary devotion to ahavat Yisrael—love of every Jew. Known as a singular figure of compassion and spiritual refinement, he emphasized kindness and humility as central paths of divine service. Tradition notes that he passed away on a day when “all eat from one dish,” symbolizing unity and fellowship among Israel, a fitting reflection of the defining trait of his life.

 

🕯️ Rabbi Menachem Nachum ben Rabbi Yaakov Weissblatt of Malin‑Kyiv — author of Machatzit HaShekel on Hilchos Melicha and other works

Rabbi Menachem Nachum Weissblatt (d. 1925) was a distinguished Hasidic scholar and teacher, known for his work Machatzit HaShekel and additional writings. He was respected for both his learning and his spiritual leadership, leaving behind a legacy of Torah scholarship rooted in depth, devotion, and fidelity to tradition.

[1] Please not that these historical notes were prepared with the assistance of Copilot Pro, an AI Research Agent, and have not been independently verified.

About The Author

Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.