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.


Elul - Tishrei
September 2026

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

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).