Rav Simcha Zelig Riger zt"l
הרב שמחה זליג בן דוב בער ריגר זצ"ל
Cheshvan 4 , 5703
Known As: Posek of Brisk
Father's Name: Dov Ber Mogilensky
Rav Simcha Zelig Riger zt"l
Rabbi Simcha Zelig Riger (1864-1942) was a prominent disciple of the Volozhin Yeshiva. Rabbi Chaim of Brisk brought him to serve has a moreh tzedek and dayan in the Brisk beis din . Rav Chaim said that Rabbi Simcha Zelig’s teaching skills were unique in his generation. Rabbi Riger was killed in the Holocaust together with the rest of the Brisk community in Cheshvan 1942.
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