http://www.chabad.org/library/article.htm/aid/78167/jewish/A-Tzaddiks-Tear.htmlPassing of Chafetz Chaim (1933) Elul 24 is the yahrtzeit of the revered Torah scholar, pietist and Jewish leader Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838-1933) of Radin (Poland), author of Chafetz Chaim (a work on the evils of gossip and slander and the guidelines of proper speech ) and Mishnah Berurah (a codification of Torah law).