Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Alfasi, Giant of Chasidic Scholarship, Dies at 96

Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Alfasi, Giant of Chasidic Scholarship, Dies at 96

TEL AVIV, Israel (VINnews) – Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Alfasi, a giant of Chasidic scholarship who spent more than seven decades documenting the lives, teachings and dynasties of Rebbes and Chasidim, died Thursday at age 96. Alfasi, a historian, author and rabbi who served as rabbi of the Goren Synagogue, also known as Komemiyut Avraham, in […]

Hasidism Scholar Rabbi Dr. Yitzhak Alfasi passes away at 97

Rabbi Dr. Yitzhak Alfasi, one of the most prominent Hasidic scholars of the generation and author of some 90 books and essays on the Hasidic movement and its gedolia, has passed away at the age of 97.

Renowned Chassidic Historian Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Alfasi z”l Passes Away at 96

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Alfasi z”l, the renowned historian and prolific author who devoted much of his life to documenting the history, personalities and dynasties of the Chassidic world. He was niftar at the age of 96. Rabbi Alfasi, who authored more than 90 works over the course of his extraordinary literary career, was regarded as one of the veteran researchers of Chassidus in the gen…