Nachum Kaplan

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Rabbi
Menachem Nachum Kaplan
Personal
Born1811
Yahrtzeit
8 Cheshvan, 5640[3][4] A.M.
BuriedGrodno
ResidenceGrodno

Reb Menachem Nachum

Talmid Chacham who was known throughout Lithuania and Poland as Reb Nachum'ke of Horodna[6] or Reb Nahum Grodner.[1]

Rabbi Kaplan was well-versed in the

halachic decisions (except for one occasion when it was a matter of life and death)[9][10] and held the humble position of shammash (sexton) in the Synagogue Chevra Shas. His piety, simplicity of life, and dedication to the community earned him recognition among the Russian Jewry.[1]

Biography

Rabbi Nachum was born in

distillery,[7] and his wife, Meida.[11][12]

In his youth, he studied under Rabbi Karpl Atlas of Baisogala

Yeshiva of Mir.[19]

When he was about twenty years old, he married Itta, the daughter of Yosef Eliezer

Menoras HaMaor[21] until he committed them to memory.[22]

When he was in his early twenties, he decided to leave Nesvizh and traveled to

Torez where he studied the teachings of the Vilna Gaon under a student of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin.[26]

Afterwards, he returned to Nesvizh[27] and a short while later he moved to Horodna.[28] During the almost fifty years that he lived there, he was offered many prominent positions.[29] Yet, he refused opportunities for leadership in public life,[6] choosing instead the position of shammash in the Synagogue Chevra Shas[1] in Horodna,[6][30] a position he retained for the rest of his life.[29][31]

In the last years of his life, he suffered from a serious

Sefer Torah in one arm while his free hand held his stomach to ease the pain.[32]

A

prayers saved his life.[34][35]

Rabbi Nachum died at Grodno on October 25, 1879.[1][4][36] Twenty thousand people attended his funeral[35][36] which took place the next day.[36]

His son-in-law was Rabbi Gavriel Zev Margolis.[37]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "NAHUM B. UZZIEL KAPLAN". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
    Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography:
    • Gurvich, in Razsvyct, 1879, No. 7;
    • Lipshitz, Nekrolog Rabbi Nokhim iz Grodno (reprinted from Russki Yevrei, 1879, No. 9), St. Petersburg, 1879;
    • Ha-Ẓefirah
      , 1879, No. 42;
    • Ha-Meliẓ
      , 1879, No. 43;
    • Friedenstein, 'Ir Gibborim, pp. 95-96, Wilna, 1880.
  2. ^ Miller, Yisrael David. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). Piotrków Trybunalski. p. 130. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  3. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 129. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  4. ^
    ISBN 0-89906-782-4
    .
  5. ^ Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. p. 22.
  6. ^ a b c d Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. Preface.
  7. ^ a b c Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  8. ^ Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. p. 93.
  9. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 117. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  10. ^ Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. p. 96.
  11. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  12. ^ Finkelman. "From the Depths of Poverty". The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. p. 21.
  13. ^ Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. p. 41.
  14. ^ Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. p. 43.
  15. ^ Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. pp. 44–45.
  16. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 21. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  17. ^ a b Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 25. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  18. ^ Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. pp. 46–47.
  19. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 26. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
    Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. pp. 48–49.
  20. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 29. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  21. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 30. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  22. ^ Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. pp. 52–53.
  23. ^ Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. p. 65.
  24. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 39. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  25. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 40. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  26. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 42. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
    Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. p. 67.
  27. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 43. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  28. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 44. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
    Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. p. 70.
  29. ^ a b Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. p. 113.
  30. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 46. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
    Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. pp. 72–74.
  31. ^ Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. p. 75.
  32. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 128. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
    Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. p. 97.
  33. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 70. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  34. ^ Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 71. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  35. ^ a b Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. p. 104.
  36. ^ a b c Miller. תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 131. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  37. ^ תולדות מנחם [Toldos Menachem] (in Hebrew). p. 138. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
    Finkelman. The Story of Reb Nachum'ke. p. 100.
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