This Day in History – 9 Kislev/December 1

In 5155/1394, the Jews of Paris were expelled by Charles VI.


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5574/1813, Harav Avraham Chassid of Brodi, zt”l

5588/1827, Harav Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, zt”l

5600/1839, Harav Moshe Shapira of Slavita, zt”l

5662/1901, Harav Meir Chaim Auerbach of Manostreshitz, zt”l

5668/1907, Harav Yaakov Aryeh Shapiro of Neshchiz, zt”l

5680/1919, Harav Yechiel Mechel of Mezhibuzh, zt”l


 

Shaar blatt of She’eilos U’teshuvos HaRadad
Shaar blatt of She’eilos U’teshuvos HaRadad

5636/1875, Harav Dovid Dov Berish Meisels, zt”l, Rav of Lask

Harav Dovid Dov Meisels was born in 5574/1814 in Kilakov, Galicia. His father was Harav Aharon Aryeh Yehudah Yaakov, Rav in Kilakov, Zamosh and Piotrkov.

At 11 years of age he left home to learn under Harav Yaakov Lorberbaum of Lisa, the Nesivos Hamishpat.

As one of the foremost bachurim in the yeshivah, he was suggested to Harav Elazar Hakohen,son-in-law of the Nesivos Hamishpat, as a shidduch for his daughter. Harav Lorberbaum warmly welcomed the idea.

At 18, Reb Dovid Dov was appointed Rav in Dobri. Later he was Rav in Nashelsk and in Lask, after which town he is called.

Wherever he lived, Reb Dovid Dov headed a yeshivah and taught many talmidim.

Reb Dovid Dov journeyed to the Kotzker Rebbe, and was close with the Chiddushei Harim of Ger, who said of him that whatever he learns stays in his memory and he doesn’t have to review.

He was a prolific writer on all facets of the Torah. His published sefarim were Ahavas Dovid on halachah; Ohr Dovid on Megillas Esther; Chiddushei HaRadad on Maseches Pesachim; Reiach Duda’im on Haggadah shel Pesach; She’eilos U’teshuvos HaRadad; and Binyan Dovid on Megillas Eichah.

Reb Dovid Dov was niftar on 9 Kislev 5636/1875 at the age of 62.

His sons were Harav Tzvi Aryeh Yehudah Yaakov, his successor in Lask; Harav Pinchas Eliyahu, Rav of Rakow and Vierishov; and Harav Mordechai Zev of Tarna.

Zecher tzaddik livrachah.


 

Dec. 1

In 1824, the presidential election was turned over to the U.S. House of Representatives when a deadlock developed between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. (Adams ended up the winner.)

In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln sent his Second Annual Message to Congress, in which he called for the abolition of slavery, and went on to say, “Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves.”

In 1921, the Navy flew the first nonrigid dirigible to use helium; the C-7 traveled from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Washington, D.C.

In 1934, Soviet communist official Sergei M. Kirov, an associate of Josef Stalin, was assassinated in Leningrad, resulting in a massive purge.

In 1941, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito approved waging war against the United States, Britain and the Netherlands after his government rejected U.S. demands contained in the Hull Note.

In 1942, nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect in the United States.

In 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus; the incident sparked a year-long boycott of the buses by blacks.

In 1969, the U.S. government held its first draft lottery since World War II.

In 1973, David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, died in Tel Aviv at age 87.

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