Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky

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] He is best known for his work on the laws of mourning, Gesher HaChaim.[3]

Rabbi
Yechiel Michel Tucaccinsky
יחיאל מיכל טוקצינסקי‎
Personal
Born27 December 1871
Lyakhavichy, Belarus
Died31 March 1955(1955-03-31) (aged 83)
Jerusalem, Israel
ReligionJudaism
NationalityIsraeli
DenominationOrthodox
BuriedSanhedria Cemetery, Jerusalem

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 favoured 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 honoured his memory by naming the street Gesher HaChaim in the Mekor Baruch neighbourhood 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]

References
  1. "Gesher HaChaim: Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky".
  2. "יחיאל מיכל טוקצינסקי". Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. "From GESHER HAHAYYIM, Chapter 28".
  4. Tidhar, David (1947). "Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky" הרב יחיאל מיכל טוקצ'ינסקי. Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel (in Hebrew). Vol. 1. Estate of David Tidhar and Touro College Libraries. p. 79.
  5. "Tykocinski,Jehiel Michel".
  6. "VIDEO & PHOTOS: Levayah of HaRav Nissan Aharon Tucazinsky". 10 January 2012.
  7. Rebbetzin Chava Tucazinsky (14 March 2012). "Doctor, Am I Allowed to Laugh?".
  8. "Tykocinski, Jehiel Michel". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  9. 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.
  10. available in translation to English from the original Hebrew: Gesher HaChaim (the Bridge of Life) ISBN 9780940118256
  11. "The Sefer Gesher Hachaim (one of the premier authorities on the Laws of Mourning) tells us that ..." "In Remembrance of Our Loved Ones".
  12. ... Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tucazinsky (author of the Gesher Hachaim) who wrote Hayomam Bekadur Haaretz stated... "The Halachic Date Line Map". May 2012.
  13. Samuel Arbesman. "The International Dateline in Jewish Law".
  14. Rabbi Anthony Manning. "The Date Line in Halacha".
  15. "Letter from Rabbi Kook to Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky (1931)".
  16. "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.
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