הרב לוי יצחק מברדיטשוב

Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev
Acharonim · c. 1500-1900 CE

רבי לוי יצחק מברדיצ'ב היה מגדולי האדמו"רים החסידיים, מחבר הספר קדושת לוי. ידוע בכינויו "סנגורם של ישראל" שניתן לו בזכות אהבת ישראל העצומה שלו.

Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (1740–1809), also known as the holy Berdichever, and the Kedushas Levi, was a Hasidic master and Jewish leader. He was the rabbi of Ryczywół, Żelechów, Pinsk and Berdychiv, for which he is best known. He was one of the main disciples of the Maggid of Mezritch, and of his disciple Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg, whom he succeeded as rabbi of Ryczywół. He is also the great-grandfather of Israeli artist Isaac Frenkel Frenel.

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