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CALENDAR AND HOLIDAYS     The Kaliver Rebbe, Rabbi of the Holocaust, Dies at Aged 96         Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub, who carried the scars and memory of the Holocaust, has died in Jerusalem aged 96.     by Adam Ross     This week a towering Jewish figure left this world. His name was Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub, the master ‘Admor’ of the Hasidic dynasty of Kaliv, known to many as the Kaliver Rebbe. With a noticeable lack of beard that set him apart from other senior Hasidic leaders, the Kaliver Rebbe’s appearance was not by a choice; he was a victim of chemical burning experiments carried out on his skin by the notorious Joseph Mengele at Auschwitz. Read More       The Courage to Defy: Paul Gruninger Risked Everything to Rescue Jewish Refugees by Menucha Chana Levin     Gathering Clouds by Tswi J. Herschel     Smuggled Out of Kovno Ghetto in a Sack by Adam Ross     The Jewish People Lives by Jody Berkel     With Mengele in Auschwitz by Rabbi Shraga Simmons     [VIDEO] What Happened to Me in Auschwitz by Renee Salt and J-TV     Saved by a Prayer by Sara Yoheved Rigler Weekly Torah Portion Click Here...   Today's Quote – Nisan 26 Today's Photo – Nisan 26 Mist on the mountains of Safed (Tsfat in Hebrew) by Boruch Len. The Holy Land is blessed with a number of stunning mountains and hills which greatly inspired the Prophets.     Featured at Aish.com     [VIDEO] Lori Gilbert Kaye: A True Woman of Valor   Doing Jewish and Responding to Terror     Jews Shouldn't have to Pay with their Lives to Gather in Prayer   [TODAY'S RECIPE] Dairy Lunches