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

Machshava:
Mesorah 
Nach:
Ezra & Nechemia 

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 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