Avraham ben Aleksander ha-Kohen of Kalisk

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en: Abraham Kalisker
–: Avraham Kalisker · Avraham of Kalisk · Kalisker, Abraham

Occupation: Rabbi

(1741–1810), Hasidic rabbi and leader. Avraham was a disciple of Dov Ber, the Magid of Mezritsh, and a follower and colleague of Rabbi Menaḥem Mendel of Vitebsk. It is said that before his attachment to Hasidism he had apparently studied with the Gaon of Vilna. Avraham assisted Menaḥem Mendel in leading a group of Hasidim to the Land of Israel in 1777 and then moved with him from Safed to Tiberias. Letters to their followers in Belorussia–Lithuania are signed by both rabbis, with Avraham occasionally adding his own words. When Menaḥem Mendel died in 1788, the Hasidim of Tiberias, as well as a portion of followers in Eastern Europe, deemed Avraham to be their leader.

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Avraham ben Aleksander ha-Kohen of Kalisk

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has abstract: (1741–1810), Hasidic rabbi and leader. Avraham was a disciple of Dov Ber, the Magid of Mezritsh, and a follower and colleague of Rabbi Menaḥem Mendel of Vitebsk. It is said that before his attachment to Hasidism he had apparently studied with the Gaon of Vilna. Avraham assisted M…
(1741–1810), Hasidic rabbi and leader. Avraham was a disciple of Dov Ber, the Magid of Mezritsh, and a follower and colleague of Rabbi Menaḥem Mendel of Vitebsk. It is said that before his attachment to Hasidism he had apparently studied with the Gaon of Vilna. Avraham assisted Menaḥem Mendel in leading a group of Hasidim to the Land of Israel in 1777 and then moved with him from Safed to Tiberias. Letters to their followers in Belorussia–Lithuania are signed by both rabbis, with Avraham occasionally adding his own words. When Menaḥem Mendel died in 1788, the Hasidim of Tiberias, as well as a portion of followers in Eastern Europe, deemed Avraham to be their leader.
title: Avraham ben Aleksander ha-Kohen of Kalisk
alternative label: Avraham Kalisker
alternative label: Avraham of Kalisk
preferred label: Avraham ben Aleksander ha-Kohen of Kalisk
has related: Avraham ben Aleksander ha-Kohen of Kalisk
has related: Dov Ber of Mezritsh
has related: Eliyahu ben Shelomoh Zalman
has related: About this Article (Hasidism)
has related: Land of Israel
has related: Menaḥem Mendel of Vitebsk
has related: Shneur Zalman of Liady

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