User:Wulliger

The Wulliger family originates from Sighet Transylvania which is a small rural village in present-day Romania, today reffered to as Sighetu Marmaţiei which in the pre war era was one of the biggest centers of judasim.

Past generation

 * Hagoen Reb Yitzchak Zev Wulliger Ztz"l Author of Lyesharim Theila on tehelim, Chasid of the Divrei chaim of Sanz, And the Ach Pri Tevuaha.
 * Horav Hachusid Reb Moshe Wulliger Z"l, Student Of the Yatev Lev of Sighet, Very influential man respected by all even government officials, during the first world war he published a newspaper called "DER RATGEBER" translating the laws for refuges.

Hagoan Reb Mordechai Wulliger Zatza"l
In 1938, R' Wulliger settled in the United States with his family. For approximately 50 years, he served as part of the administration of Yeshiva and Mesivta Torah Vodath in Brooklyn. (His official title was Chairman of the Students Advisory Board.)
 * R' Mordechai Wulliger was born in Bustino, on 9 Cheshvan 5666 / 1895. And named Mordechai after Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna Zatza"l As a teenager, young Mordechi studied under[' Moshe Greenwald ] (the Arugas Habosem) and under the Veitzner Rav. However, R' Wulliger's primary teacher was R' Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, rabbi of Sighet and author of Atzei Chaim. (One of the responsa in She'eilot U'teshuvot Atzei Chaim is addressed to R' Wulliger.)

His Seforim
R' Wulliger authored a number of Torah works,
 * beginning with Pardes Mordechi, published in 1927.
 * In 1931, he published Otzar Nechmad, an encyclopedia of Talmudic topics
 * In 1951, he published Kovatz Hatosfes, an encyclopedia that contains about 9000 perspective and theoretical items.
 * In 1962, he published Otzar Hashas, an encyclopedia of Talmudic topics five voloumes.
 * In 1971, he published Tefilat Mordechi, two volumes on tehelim
 * He also left about 9000 pages of manuscripts covering many areas of Torah.