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16 September 2025

Chavakuk HaNavi - his Yahrzeit is also כד Elul

Chavakuk Hanavi ben Isha Hashunamis zt"l
הרב חבקוק זצ"ל
Elul 24

Who was  Chavakuk Hanavi:

One opinion in the Gemara (Sanhedrin 113a) is that Yonah was the child who was brought back to life by the prophet Eliyahu. After Eliyahu ascended to heaven, Yonah became a student of Elisha, and later, Yonah himself became a prophet. [https://breslev.com/266286/]


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The Zohar (Beshalach 44a) teaches us that Chabakuk was the son of the Shunamite that Elisha HaNavi revived him from death see Melachim II 4:16-17, 32-35.


His tzion on Route 65 is close to Rabbeinu Bechaya in Kadarim, Israel


Melachim II 4:16-35


16 And Elisha said, “At this season next year, you will be embracing [chovekes - hugging like the name Chabakuk (Zohar BeShalach 44b)] a son.” She replied, “Please, my lord, man of God, do not delude your maidservant.”

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