The Sages of Israel


The Sages of Israel

In the ‘The Daily Sage’, we have collected more than a thousand of the sages of Israel from recent generations. We have arranged the first names of the sages of Israel  in alphabetical order. We have added their date of birth and death next to each sage’s name. For sages whose date of death is unknown, we have set them on the 7th of Adar, the day of the death of our rabbi and prophet, Moses, whose burial place is unknown. 
If you know the name of a sage in your family, city or country of your birth, or if you knew a sage in your place of residence or heard of him from somewhere else, and we have been privileged to write some of the sage’s praise and collect some of his Torah sayings, you will find him on this list.




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Hacham Faradji Naim, 5575 (1815) - 5th of Tamuz, 5653 (1893)
Hacham Faraj Haim Yehuda, 5606 (1846) - 17th of Tishrei, 5656 (1893)
Hacham Frija (Yeshua) Zoaretz, 2nd of Tevet, 5668 (1907) - 9th of Iyar, 5753 (1993)
Madam Frecha-Flora Sassoon, 5620 (1859) - 19th of Tevet, 5696 (1936)



Tishrei - Cheshvan
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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20th of
Tishrei
2
21st of
Tishrei
3
22nd of
Tishrei
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23rd of
Tishrei
5
24th of
Tishrei
6
25th of
Tishrei
7
26th of
Tishrei
8
27th of
Tishrei
9
28th of
Tishrei
10
29th of
Tishrei
11
30th of
Tishrei
12
1st of
Cheshvan
13
2nd of
Cheshvan
14
3rd of
Cheshvan
15
4th of
Cheshvan
16
5th of
Cheshvan
17
6th of
Cheshvan
18
7th of
Cheshvan
19
8th of
Cheshvan
20
9th of
Cheshvan
21
10th of
Cheshvan
22
11th of
Cheshvan
23
12th of
Cheshvan
24
13th of
Cheshvan
25
14th of
Cheshvan
26
15th of
Cheshvan
27
16th of
Cheshvan
28
17th of
Cheshvan
29
18th of
Cheshvan
30
19th of
Cheshvan
31
20th of
Cheshvan

Death dates of the sages



מפה/ תמונה
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"It is our custom to light a yahrzeit candle in honor of the memory of the Sages, as it is said: “the life breath of man is the lamp of the Lord” (Proverbs 20:27). And it is good to add from the light of the Torah to the light of the candle, as it is said “For the commandment is a lamp, the teaching is a light” (Proverbs 6:23). And it is good to increase the teaching of the Sage on the anniversary of his death, as Rabbi Yochanan based on the teachings of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai said, “Each scholar whose sayings are taught in this world, his lips speak from the grave (Bechorot 31B).”

“Even if all of the skies are a blank parchment, and all human beings are clerks, and all of the forests are quills, we would never be able to write down what our Sages have taught us. But even a few righteous are also good, and thanks to the sacred Torah and the teachings that Israel will learn in the Sage’s name on the anniversary of his death, the Holy One Blessed be He, will share our part with them, and we will never be ashamed because of our faith in the Holy One Blessed be He, and on his great benevolence and truth will we lean, for He hides his abundant goodness for those who are worthy and revere Him.”

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Rabbi Chananaia son of Akashia stated, God wanted to grant merits to Israel, therefore he gave them many laws and commandments as it states, "Because God wants righteousness he increased the amount of Torah and splendor." (Isaiah 42:21).