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Rabbi Benzion Yadler (; 21 November 1871 – 15 August 1962) was a prominent
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in
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and the Moshavot of
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.


Biography

Ben Tzion Goldberg-Yadler was born in Jerusalem to Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Goldberg. Rabbi Yitzchok Zev was originally from the town of Myadzyel (called Myadl in Yiddish) in Belarus. He was called Yitzchok Zev Myadler, which people misinterpreted as meaning "mi-Yadler," denoting "from Yadler" in Hebrew. He authored the work ''Tiferet Zion'', a commentary on Midrash Rabbah. Benzion's mother was Malka, the daughter of a rabbi from
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. As a youngster, Benzion studied in Etz Chaim Yeshiva. After he married Henya, he began to study in the Pri Yitzchok
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. In 1894, he received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Shmuel Salant and his rabbinical court. While still young, Rabbi Yadler had physical difficulty with his eyes, so he accustomed himself to studying by heart. His genius in expounding
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and Mussar was quickly recognized. Whenever his father would perform a
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on completing a
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ic tractate, young Benzion would deliver an aggadic lecture. This would occur at the Menachem Zion Beis Midrash, located at the courtyard of the
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. As his fame spread, Yadler began lecturing in other synagogues in Jerusalem and eventually in
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and other settlements throughout
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. He also lived in Haifa for some time. As of Shabbos Zachor 1902, Rabbi Shmuel Salant officially appointed Benzion Yadler as an official lecturer of sermons in Jerusalem. He also oversaw the
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of Jerusalem. Yadler was very active in the overseeing observance of agricultural-related
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. He would ride donkeys between the moshavot, from Metula in the north to Be'er Tuvia in the south, in order to instruct the farmers in these mitzvot. During the month of
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and the
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, he would travel to
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,
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and
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to preach and awaken the community to repentance. In the years 1912-1913, Rabbi
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, then chief rabbi of
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, sent Yadler to oversee
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and
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in the moshavot in
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and the
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. In 1914, he participated in the rabbinical delegation that Rabbi Kook organized to visit the Jewish settlements in the northern part of the country. Yadler wrote about the importance of
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for girls, claiming that it was even more critical than Jewish education for boys. He was instrumental in establishing the first
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school for girls in Jerusalem. In 1923, he was chosen to represent the Jerusalem community in the General Assembly of
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. Rabbi Yadler passed away on the 15th of Av, 5722 (1962), while present at his granddaughter's wedding. He was buried on Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem.


Works

*''Bituv Yerushalayim'' ("The Goodness of Jerusalem") (1967) - memories of Jerusalem and its great scholars in the last century.


References

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