From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shmuel Shlomo Leiner
Shmuel Shlomo Leiner
Radzin,
Grand Rabbi Shmuel Shlomo Leiner of Radzin son of him. This obviously degraded the Nazi greatly, thus stun-
Tiferes Yosef. Established the Radziner Yeshiva Sod ning him by showing the inner power of the Jewish peo-
Y’sharim in Radzin, Poland, which was led by and under ple. The Rebbe was immediately shot to death on that
the auspices of his brother-in-law Grand Rabbi Avraham day, 29 Iyar 5702 (1942). Buried in Wladawa.
Yissachor Englard of Radzin, who later established a net-
work of 7 yeshivos Sod Y’sharim Radzin in various cities
throughout Poland. The Rebbe was greatly respected for
See also
his greatness in learning, by many Litvishe Gedolim, even Izhbitza - Radzin (Hasidic dynasty)
being at such a young age. The Rebbe was known for en- Persondata
couraging resistance to the orders of the Nazis and the Name Leiner, Shmuel Shlomo
Judenrat and for urging people to break out of the ghet-
tos, flee to the forests and take up arms. (Although he Alternative names
never made it to the woods himself, his brother-in-law, Short description
Grand Rabbi Avraham Yissachor Englard of Radzin, fled Date of birth
to the woods and joined the partisans with a group of
Place of birth
Radziner Chasidim.) The story goes that in his last mo-
ments, the Rebbe was wrapped in his father’s tallis as Date of death
a Nazi soldier took him into the Wladawa cemetery at Place of death
gunpoint. At one point, the Nazi pushed him. The Rebbe
turned around, slapped him across the face, and kicked
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