Dzyatlava, 11 Shevat, 1835: The Chafetz Chayim was born.
Rabbi Israel Meir HaCohen, a.k.a. Chafetz Chayim was born in Zhetl [Dzyatlava], a little town not far from Hrodna [Grodna, Belarus].
At the age of ten, his father passed away, and eventually, his mother remarried. They moved to Radin [Radun], where he lived the rest of his life, until his passing.
Source: Dos leben un shafen fun Chofets Chayyim, NY 1937, page 29, footnote 1
𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲?
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