This section contains other sources for information about the events and people documented and associated with this diary.
Note that Rabbi Shalom Menashe appears in some places as Rabbi Shalom Menashe Rabinovitch and in other places as Rabbi Shalom Menashe Rozenblum.
About Rabbi Shalom Menashe Rabinovitch
• In Harishonim LeShoshelet Brisk (The First of the Brisk Dynasty), by Rabbi Chaim Karlinsky, page 422. (WorldCat catalog page, here.) (See image of page 422, here.)
At the funeral of Rabbi Yosef Do Ber Soloveitchik who served many years in Brisk, a report in Hamelitz described 3 people who delivered a eulogy at the synagogue : the AB”D of Mezeritch, AB”D of Brisk, and Rabbi Moshe David of Brisk, and at the open grave delivered his eulogy Rabbi Shalom Menashe Rabinovitz, an eminent scholar and among the important people of the community, active for the community L'shem Shamayim.
In a footnote on page 651, the text mentions that Rabbi Shalom Menashe studied Torah with Rabbi Arye Leib Katzenelenboigen, and --when his teacher died-- he continued to study Torah with Rabbi Yaakov Meir Padwa.
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In the Encyclopedia of Galuyot (Diaspora), Volume 2, Poland, Brisk D'Lita translated by the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project, a short biographical article by S. Pitlik, in English, here.
About Rabbi Shalom Menashe Rozenblum
• In G'doley Hadorot (The Great Sages Over the Centuries), 1900, edited by Mikhal Shtern, page 862, an article, Rabbi Shalom Menashe Rozenblum -- the Tzadik from Brisk, in Hebrew. (WorldCat catalog page, here.) (View page 862.)
The Great One of Minsk, in his Or Gadol (Questions and Answers) views Shalom Menashe as among the righteous of the Jews of Lithuania; he titles him “the Tzadik”. Shalom Menashe's humility was close to complete negation of the self.
• Dor Rabanav VeSofrav (Generation, Its Rabbis and Authors) by Benzion Eizenstadt, volume 6, page 65, in Hebrew. (Worldcat catalog page, here.) (View Page 65; marked section mentions Shalom Menashe Rozenblum as the son of R’ Moshe Aharon, born in Brisk, Great Rabbi, and teacher.)
• Tiferet Bakhurim (Splendor of Youth [Association]) by Moshe Zilberblat, Warsaw 1904 --after the death of Rabbi Shalom Menashe-- page 3, under heading Mikhtavei B’rakha, right column, viewable here, courtesy of the The Society for Preservation of Hebrew Books. (View clipping.)
The author received a letter of congratulations and greetings from R’ Shalom Menashe Z”L and titles him The Rabbi Our Teacher, Gaon, Tzadik --and other superlatives-- from the holy community of Brisk. The letter itself, is written “in shaking hands” says the writer of the letter, because of his old age. The letter was signed: Shalom-Menashe Rozenblum.
• Kitzur SM"G" (Abridged Great Mitzvot), Warsaw, 1894.
In a list of people who either donated to or pre-ordered a book before its publication [Prenumeranten] on page 220, under Brisk, appears the name R’ Shalom Menashe and under Mezeritch appears the name of his son Baruch Meir, the fifth name in this image, courtesy of the Society for Preservation of Hebrew Books.
• In the Hebrew Monthly, Hapeles, 1891, page 509 (view):
...in 1891 [the
gevir] R’ Betzalel Yakil, who often prayed in the
Green Shul, volunteered and built next to that
Beit Midrash, thank God, a living place for the deceased [R’ Shalom Menashe]
Tzadik, rest his soul. However, in the fire of 1901 his house was burnt down and for two years he lived far from the
Beit-Midrash and this damaged his health… ...The people of the town, when they saw this, showed generosity and built a new house for him in the courtyard of the
Beit-Midrash, which cost 1200 rubles. He moved to live there on the holiday of Sukkoth.
A Talmud student was looking for a mentor:
I heard that in Brisk there is a head of a yeshiva, R’ Shlomo Khasida [hassid] and Prisha ['self-denying'].
He went there and found a yeshiva of 60 students
most of them older than me, among them students who are married and supported by their fathers in law.
In comparison with the yeshiva he left in Viazin, here,
there were many books and only 2 students studying from one book and even some were studying on their own.
He describes the wealth of books. And points out the warmth and care of Rabbi Galdes to his students.
• Yagdil Torah (Amplification of Torah) 1981, Brooklyn, NY, subtitled, An anthology/collection of new-insights of our Rabbis and their students issued from time to time by the members of the Kolel near the office of the Admor from Lubavitch, consecutive pages קי"ז and קט"ז -- (View/download title page, Hebrew PDF, from HebrewBooks.org):
On the first page:
Rabbi Shlomo Galdes who was titled in the state of Lita: R’ Shlomo Khasida Ufrisha.
The second page tells us that he was head of the religious judicial court at the time of Rabbi Avraham Katzenelboigen. And continues:
His great-grandsons were: Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Mo’re Tzedek [Jewish religious judge] in Kamenets, and his younger brother, who was also his student, the Tzadik Rabbi Shalom Menashe from Brisk D’Lita).
Note also the connection to Rabbi Shalom Menashe just above.
| Notes: Rabinovitch ... Rozenblum, as noted here, it is clear that the same individual was referenced by two different surnames. Hassid: in this case, an adjective indicating universal Jewish values. Gvir: notable/powerful/wealthy citizen. Tzadik: an honorific meaning, the righteous. This term was widely applied to Rabbi Shalom Menashe. L'shem Shamayim ( לשם שמים): An expression of community service as a vital part of faith, loosely, Doing God's Work, without expectation of recognition or reward. Viazin: this location is unknown. Yagdil Torah: To magnify/amplify the Torah. In this case, a periodical |
