Mayor Moshe Leon today (Sunday) inaugurated a square in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood named after the eminent scholar from Tulchin, Rabbi Yitzhak Zvi Rivlin, from the family of the Gra's disciples and one of the greatest scholars in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Yitzchak Zvi Rivlin was born in Tulchin, near Shklov. His parents were the grandchildren of Rabbi Moshe of Shklov, the Ashkenazi Rabbi and Pharisee Rabbi of Jerusalem, the son of Rabbi Hillel Rivlin, author of the book 'Kol HaTor', and a student of the Gra.
In his youth, he studied at the Volozien Yeshiva, where he stood out as a sharp thinker who was knowledgeable in all of Torah. His friends called him "the living Shas" for his vast knowledge. They spoke of his immense power of perception, which enabled him to tell in one glance how many leaves there were on a tree or how many paving stones there were on a path.
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At a certain point, he decided to immigrate to Israel, following the custom of his ancestors.
In Jerusalem, he served for twenty years as the rabbi of the Zichron Moshe neighborhood, until his passing. On the day of his death, his ministry was announced to be canceled, and the great men of Jerusalem eulogized him.
Mayor Moshe Leon has long instructed members of the naming committee to designate a place in the city in memory of the eloquent man, who preached Torah and Halacha in Jerusalem for decades.
In one council, it was decided to commemorate a central square in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood in his name.
The inauguration of the square was attended by the mayor and members of the Rivlin family, which has deep roots in Jerusalem and all its branches.
Family representatives even gave speeches and thanked the mayor for perpetuating his memory for generations, nearly ninety years after the eminent man's passing.
Mayor Moshe Leon said: "When we mention the wisdom of the people of Jerusalem, we mean those extremely aloof and reclusive people who lived here in the narrow alleys, their heads occupied with thoughts about the existence of Abaye and Raba, and who had nothing to do with the vanities of this world. The aloof from Tulchin was one of them.
""I see it as a privilege as mayor to perpetuate his memory after ninety years, and to establish for him a place of honor among the righteous and the cultured of the city, which is full of writers and scholars. We must learn from the training of those sages, follow in their paths, and preserve their embers.".
