Today, on the 6th of Elul, is the Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Shimshon Chaim Nachmani (1706-1778).
Rav of Modena, Pisa, Sayna & Reggio, Italy. Author of Toldos Shimshon on Pirkei Avos & Zera Shimshon on Chumash.
He writes that his only son died during his lifetime so he wrote Seforim to perpetuate his own memory.
