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benzion yadler

benzion yadler -lrb- 1871 -- 1962 -rrb- was a prominent maggid in jerusalem and in the moshavot of israel .
ben tzion goldberg-yadler was born in jerusalem to rabbi yitzchok zev goldberg .
rabbi yitzchok zev was originally from the town of yadel , a suburb of vilna .
he authored the work ` tiferes zion ' , a commentary on midrash rabbah .
benzion 's mother was malka , the daughter of a rabbi from grodno .
as a youngster , benzion studied in etz chaim yeshiva .
after he married henya , he began to study in the pri yitzchok kollel .
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 aggadah and mussar was quickly recognized .
whenever his father would perform a siyum on completing a talmudic tractate , young benzion would deliver an aggadic lecture .
this events would occur at the menachem zion beis midrash , located at the courtyard of the hurva synagogue .
as his fame spread , benzion began lecturing in other synagogues in jerusalem and eventually in jaffa and other settlements throughout palestine .
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as of shabbos zachor 1902 , rabbi shmuel salant officially appointed benzion yadler as an official lecturer of sermons in jerusalem .
he also oversaw the eruv of jerusalem .
in 1923 , he was chosen to represent the jerusalemite community in the general assembly of world agudath israel .
he died in 1962 and was buried on har hamenuchot in jerusalem .
