Rav Aharon of Sadigura zt"l
הרב אהרן בן ישראל מסדיגורה זצ"ל
Tishrei 19 , 5673
Rav Aharon of Sadigura zt"l
Rav Aharon Friedman of Sadigura, the son of Rav Yisrael of Sadigura, was born on the 12th of Cheshvan, 5637 (1876). He was the son-in-law of Rav Shalom Yosef Friedman of Husyatin, a scion of the Ruzhiner dynasty.
At the age of thirty, Rav Aharon was appointed to succeed his father as rebbe in Sadigura, a bastion of Ruzhiner chassidus. The elders all accepted his authority, among them such gedolei harabanim as Rav Avraham Menachem Steinberg, the Av Beis Din of Brod, and Rav Binyamin Aryeh Weiss, the Av Beis Din of Czernowitz, among others. They had high hopes for him because of his lofty stature and leadership qualities, however he passed away at the young age of thirty-six.
The Chassidim found hints to his untimely passing: he was born on the same date as his grandfather, Rav Avraham HaMalach, who died at the same age. In addition, he was named after Rav Aharon of Karlin, who also died young.
He knew how to play music, and his compositions are sung by Sadigura Chassidim until this day.
Rav Aharon’s divrei Torah were printed in the sefer, Kedushas Aharon on the Torah. His son, Rav Mordechai Yosef Shalom Friedman, succeeded him as rebbe of Sadigura.
Rav Aharon Friedman of Sadigura passed away on the 19th of Tishrei, 5673 (1912).
See also Tiferes She’b’Malchus p.88
