Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky
![]() | show This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Hebrew. (October 2017) Click [show] for important translation instructions. |
Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tucaccinsky יחיאל מיכל טוקצינסקי | |
---|---|
Personal | |
Born | 27 December 1871 |
Died | 31 March 1955 | (aged 83)
Religion | Judaism |
Denomination | Orthodox |
Buried | Sanhedria Cemetery, Jerusalem |
Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky (Hebrew: יחיאל מיכל טוקצינסקי) (1871–1955)[1] was a halachic scholar and author who served as rosh yeshiva of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem.[2][circular reference] He is best known for his work on the laws of mourning, Gesher HaChaim.[3]
Biography[]
Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky was born on 27 December 1871 in Lyakhavichy, Belarus.[4]
His father died when he was 8; in 1882, Tucazinsky immigrated to Jerusalem, where he lived with his grandfather.[5] There he studied in and later headed the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem. The yeshiva was subsequently run for over fifty years by his son Rabbi Nissan Aharon Tucazinsky.[6] [7] His wife was a great-granddaughter of Rabbi Shmuel Salant.
Tucazinsky was active in the foundation of new suburbs in Jerusalem, and favored the unification of all sections of the Jewish population.[8]
He died on 31 March 1955 and is buried in the Sanhedria Cemetery of Jerusalem.[9] The Jerusalem municipality honored his memory by naming the street Gesher HaChaim in the Mekor Baruch neighborhood after the title of his book.
In 1952, Tucazinsky was awarded the Rav Kook Prize from the Tel Aviv–Jaffa Municipality for Torah Literature.
Other works[]
Although best known for his work Gesher HaChaim[10] and described as "one of the premier authorities on the Laws of Mourning",[11] another cited work is his Hayomam BeKadur Ha'aretz, regarding The International Dateline in Jewish Law.[12][13][14]
In 1904, Rabbi Tucazinsky initiated the annual Luach Eretz Yisrael calendar.[5]
He also authored:[15]
- Ir HaKodesh V'Hamikdash[16] - on Halachic issues related to Jerusalem and the Temple in Jerusalem
- Toharat Yisrael (c. 1910)[8]
- Hilkhot Shevi'it (1910) on the laws of the Sabbatical Year[8]
- Tekufat ha-Chamah u-Virkatah (1924)[5] - on the solar cycle and the Birkat Hachama blessing
- Sefer Eretz Yisrael (1955) on laws and customs appertaining to Eretz Israel[8]
References[]
- ^ "Gesher HaChaim : Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky".
- ^ "יחיאל מיכל טוקצינסקי". Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "From GESHER HAHAYYIM, Chapter 28".
- ^ Tidhar, David (1947). "Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky" הרב יחיאל מיכל טוקצ'ינסקי. Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel (in Hebrew). 1. Estate of David Tidhar and Touro College Libraries. p. 79.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Tykocinski,Jehiel Michel".
- ^ "VIDEO & PHOTOS: Levayah of HaRav Nissan Aharon Tucazinsky". January 10, 2012.
- ^ Rebbetzin Chava Tucazinsky (March 14, 2012). "Doctor, Am I Allowed to Laugh?".
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Tykocinski, Jehiel Michel". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ Rossoff, Dovid (2005). קדושים אשר בארץ: קברי צדיקים בירושלים ובני ברק [The Holy Ones in the Land: Graves of Tzaddikim in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak] (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Machon Otzar HaTorah. p. 350.
- ^ available in translation to English from the original Hebrew: Gesher HaChaim (the Bridge of Life) ISBN 9780940118256
- ^ "The Sefer Gesher Hachaim (one of the premier authorities on the Laws of Mourning) tells us that ..." "In Remembrance of Our Loved Ones".
- ^ ... Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky (author of the Gesher Hachaim) who wrote Hayomam Bekadur Haaretz stating ... "The Halachic Date Line Map". May 2012.
- ^ Samuel Arbesman. "The International Dateline in Jewish Law".
- ^ Rabbi Anthony Manning. "The Date Line in Halacha".
- ^ "Letter from Rabbi Kook to Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky (1931)".
- ^ "Authored the Gesher Hachaim, Eretz Yisrael, Ir Hakodesh V'hamikdash, and the Luach Eretz Yisrael." Jachter, Chaim; Fraser, Ezra (2008). Gray Matter: Volume 3. p. 334. ISBN 978-0615230740.
- Israeli rabbis
- 1872 births
- 1955 deaths
- Rabbi stubs