Death dates of sages


Death dates of sages

How good it is to learn from the Torah of the sages on the day of their passing and to echo their lips. The day of a sage's passing is his day of celebration and the day when his words are able to influence those who learn them. In the "The Daily Sage," we were privileged to discover that every day of the year, a sage or sages, whose death anniversary it is, share a little of their praise and their words with us. If you are looking for the day of the passing of a sage or are looking for a sage to hold a celebrationfor him on your special day of the year, here you will find the sages who passed away on each day of the year. For sages whose date of death is unknown, we chose the 7th of Adar, which marksthe day of the passing of Moses , whose burial place is unknown.


Iyar - Sivan
May 2025

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

Death dates of the sages



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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).