The Yahrtzeit of Ezra HaSofer: Guardian of the Masorah

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January 01 2026
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Venue: Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park

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References: Megilla: 16B Sanhedrin: 21B Bava Kamma: 82A  

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Why did Chazal equate Ezra's passing with the translation of Torah into Greek, and the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem before destroying the first Beit HaMikdash? Three ways to understand Ezra's title of "sofer".

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    Learning on the Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah site is sponsored today by Debbie & Eddie Simpser in memory of their parents Golda & Sam Mayers and Rose & Shlomo Simpser and by Miriam & Alan Goldberg and Ruth Peyser Kestenbaum to mark the thirteenth yahrtzeit of their father Irwin Peyser, Harav Yisroel Chaim ben R’ Dovid V’ Fraidah Raizel Peyser and by Dr. Harris and Elisheva Teitz Goldstein l’zecher nishmos his parents, Rabbi Dr. Noah Goldstein, HaRav Noach ben Yitzchak David zt’l, and Beverly Goldstein, Bayla bas Noach Ze’ev z’l, on their yahrzeits this week