Reb Yisroel Isserl zt"l, father of the Remu
Reb Yisroel Isserl zt"l
רבי ישראל איסרל זצ״ל
Upcoming yahrzeit: 20 February 2027 (13 Adar I) (5787)
He was niftar on 13 Adar I 5328, a leap year. The matzeivah gives this date. In a leap year the yahrzeit is observed on 13 Adar I.
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Reb Yisroel Isserl zt"l was a manhig of the Krakow kehillah, and the father of the Remu zy"a, Reb Moshe Isserles. The sources record him as a parnas and rosh in Krakow, a man of means who used his standing for the tzibbur. He rests in the Remah Beis Hachaim, near the shul that bears his son's name.
The sources write that he founded the Remah Shul in Kazhimiezh, around the middle of that century, so that his son and the kehillah would have a place to daven. The matzeivah mentions the beis knesses, and that he did mishpat and tzedakah with Yisrael.
The inscription on his matzeivah names him Reb Yisroel Isserl, and records that he was niftar on the 13th of Adar Rishon, in the year 5328 (22 February 1568). 5328 was a leap year, so the date is 13 Adar I. Your kvittel will be placed on his kever in the Remah Beis Hachaim in Krakow.
Historical background
In the middle of the sixteenth century, Kazhimiezh was a leading kehillah in Poland, and the Remah Shul became one of its central battei knesses. Reb Yisroel Isserl zt"l was a lay manhig of that kehillah in the years when his son, the Remu zy"a, was already a posek and rosh yeshiva in Krakow. He was niftar in 5328, four years before the Remu.
Before & after
Who came before
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Who came after
- The Remu zy"a, Reb Moshe Isserles — His son. A posek, rosh yeshiva, and rosh beis din in Krakow, and he rests in the same Beis Hachaim, by the shul that carries his name.
In his dor
- Reb Shalom Shachna of Lublin zy"a — Rebbi — and, in the Remu's first marriage, the shver — of Reb Yisroel's son, the Remu.
Sources
The facts on this page come from the earlier site and from the sources listed here. Where the sources are not one shittah, it is written in the text.
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