This Day in History – 22 Tammuz/July 5
22 Tammuz
In 5317/1557, the Marranos were given permission to leave Portugal.
Yahrtzeiten
5371/1611, Harav Manoach Hendel, zt”l, mechaber of Chachmas Manoach
5552/1792, Harav Shlomo, Rebbe of Karlin, Hy”d
5633/1873, Harav Dovid Morgenstern, Rebbe of Kotzk, zy”a
5702/1942, Harav Nechemia Alter, zt”l
5704/1944, Harav Avraham Grodzinksi, Hy”d, Mashgiach of Yeshiva of Slabodka
5697/1937
Harav Yisrael Yosef Finkler, Rebbe of Radoshitz, Zy”a
Harav Yisrael Yosef Finkler was the son of Rav Eliezer Dovid Finkler of Radoshitz. He married the daughter of Harav Yaakov Tennenwurtzel.
Following the petirah of his father on 22 Adar 5687/1927, Rav Yisrael Yosef was appointed Rav in Radoshitz. His older brother Harav Chaim Asher, zy”a, served as Rebbe. Later on, Rav Yisrael Yosef became Rebbe, in addition to serving as the Rav.
Renowned for his greatness in Torah, Rav Yisrael Yosef was considered a gaon. His hours-long tefillos were charged with much emotion, which inspired all those present.
Rav Yisrael Yosef was niftar on 22 Tammuz 5697/1937.
Zechuso yagen aleinu.
July 5
In 1811, Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.
In 1865, the Secret Service Division of the U.S. Treasury Department was founded in Washington, D.C. with the mission of suppressing counterfeit currency.
In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act.
In 1940, during World War II, Britain and the Vichy government in France broke off diplomatic relations.
In 1984, the Supreme Court weakened the 70-year-old “exclusionary rule,” deciding that evidence seized in good faith with defective court warrants could be used against defendants in criminal trials.
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