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Weekly Story: Chitas

In 5702 (1942) the Frierdiker Rebbe began a worldwide campaign of memorizing Mishnayos. The entire six sets were divided and each participant was instructed what to learn. Sometime later, our Rebbe was speaking at a gathering or farbrengen and he quoted verbatim the commentary of the Bartenura on a Mishna.

Obituary: Rabbi Shmuel Rodal, 77, Brought Judaism to Life for Generations of Students in Milan

He was a fixture in the classroom for nearly 50 years, teaching successive generations of Italian Jewish children with humor, enthusiasm and love. Canadian-born Rabbi Shmuel Rodal, who passed away on Oct. 16 (Hoshanah Rabbah), was 77 years old and had lived in Milan since 1970.