Courtesy: Gilda and Bob Kurtzman (January 18th, 1998) Levi Yitzhak from Berditchiv according to a prayer song he composed, brought the Master of the Universe […]
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RAV LIEBER HAGADOL Z’L
Courtesy: David Hoffman The Founder of BerditchevBorn:5427-(1667) – Died:5531- (1771)Rav Lieber HaGadol had a unique way of combining his “avodas Hashem” with an incalculable love […]
Continue readingTHE PASSING OF THE MAGGID
(Courtesy: J. Immanuel Schochet) The meeting in Rovno was stormy and eventful. The disciples of Rabbi DovBer, the Maggid of Mezritch, the successor to the […]
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(Rabbi Levi Yitzhak was one of the Magguid’s students) Born: Lukatch, Volhynia, 1704 Died: Hanipol, 1772 When Dov Ber was a small child of five, […]
Continue readingRABBI SHMUEL SHMELKE HALEVI OF NIKOLSBURG
(Mentor of Rabbi Levi Yitzhak ) Born: Chortkov, Galicia, 1726 Died: Nikolsburg, Moravia (now Czechoslovakia), 1778 The firstborn son of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Chortkov, […]
Continue readingTHE TRUTH ABOUT THE BAAL SHEM TOV
Courtesy: Tzvi Freeman There are many myths and legends about the Baal Shem Tov. Even the most fantastic ones they say, are true — because […]
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Courtesy: Tzvi Freeman On the 18th of Elul 5757 (Sept. 20 1997), we entered the 300th year of the Baal Shem Tov. (The Baal Shem […]
Continue readingRABBI YISRAEL BAAL SHEM TOV
(1698-1760) The early life of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov is surrounded by mystery. As founder of what is possibly the single most important religious […]
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(Courtesy: Debbie Shapiro) Shavuot is the yehrtzeit of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Chassidism, and Rebbe Nachman’s great-grandfather. It was the beginning of […]
Continue readingRABBI’S GENEALOGICAL TREE
SEFER YUHASIN(Pedigree Chart)R’ Yaakov Yitzhak WAHRMAN Courtesy of Israel PikholzNote that in several cases (maybe more), he clearly uses “grandson” to mean “descendant.” Special thanks […]
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