26 Facts About Sholom Schwadron

Sholom Mordechai Hakohen Schwadron was a Haredi rabbi and orator.

Sholom Schwadron was known as the "Maggid of Jerusalem" for his fiery, inspirational mussar talks.

Rabbi Sholom Schwadron was born in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood of Jerusalem to Rabbi Yitzchak and Freida Sholom Schwadron.

Sholom Schwadron's father was formerly the av beis din of Khotymyr.

Sholom Schwadron was the son of Rabbi Sholom Mordechai Schwadron, a leading halachic authority known by the Hebrew acronym Maharsham.

Rabbi Yitzchak Sholom Schwadron was widowed of his first wife, Chaya Leah, in 1898, leaving him with nine children.

Sholom Schwadron later published some of his father's Torah thoughts in the introductions to his books, Oholei Shem and Daas Torah Maharsham.

Sholom Schwadron studied under Rabbi Elya Lopian, Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein, and Rabbi Meir Chodosh.

Rabbi Sholom Schwadron ate the meal, thanked his mother-in-law, and went to learn.

Rabbi Sholom Schwadron founded his own home on simplicity and lack of luxury.

Sholom Schwadron was the brother-in-law of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Kol Torah in Bayit Vegan, with whom he enjoyed a long and productive relationship as learning partners and friends, and Rabbi Simcha Bunim Leizerson, founding president of the Chinuch Atzmai school system.

Sholom Schwadron taught an evening Gemara class to residents of Shaarei Chesed, the neighborhood in which he now lived, and learned each night with his brother-in-law, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach.

Rabbi Sholom Schwadron exerted a similar positive influence on Sephardi students at Mekor Chaim Yeshiva, where he served as rosh yeshiva from 1950 to 1960.

Sholom Schwadron taught the highest shiur, establishing personal relationships with students that often lasted three or four decades.

At the urging of the Brisker Rav, Rabbi Sholom Schwadron became a spokesman for the Peylim organization, which promoted the spiritual rescue of Jewish children who had emigrated from Yemen and Morocco and were being housed in absorption camps.

In 1952, Rabbi Sholom Schwadron began giving a Friday-night lecture to the public at the Zikhron Moshe shtiebel near the Geula neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Sholom Schwadron opened each talk with halacha and ended with fiery mussar, penetrating his listeners' hearts and inspiring them to self-improvement.

Just as he exhorted others to change and improve, Rabbi Sholom Schwadron constantly worked on improving himself.

Rabbi Sholom Schwadron traveled abroad frequently to raise money for the institutions with which he was involved.

Rabbi Sholom Schwadron insisted on paying rent, which Rabbi Krohn agreed to reluctantly.

When Rabbi Sholom Schwadron announced that he was leaving after Passover 1965 to travel back to Israel by boat, the entire family saw him off at the pier.

Six months after that, the family received a letter from Rabbi Sholom Schwadron saying that he was coming to America again.

Rabbi Sholom Schwadron became a surrogate father to Krohn's seven orphans.

Sholom Schwadron showed great sensitivity towards Rabbi Krohn's widow, remembering his own mother's struggles to raise her orphaned children.

Rabbi Sholom Schwadron wrote, annotated and edited more than 25 sefarim, mainly those penned by his grandfather, the Maharsham.

Sholom Schwadron was buried in the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.