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1. Elimelekh, mi-Liz'ensḳ

   Person · 1717–1787 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Poland · 7 sources

   (1717–1786/87), Hasidic leader; founder of Hasidism in Galicia and Poland. The son of a wealthy village Jew in the district of Tykocin, Elimelekh was first drawn to Hasidism by his brother Meshulam Zusya (d. 1800), later…

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2. Samuel Edels

   Person · 1555–1631 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Poland · 7 sources

   (1555–1631), rabbinical scholar and interpreter of the Talmud. Known as Maharsha—an acronym for “Our teacher, (the) Rabbi Shemu’el Edels (Adels)”—Edels was born in Kraków. He was a descendant of Yehudah Ḥasid on his fath…

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3. איזנשטט, מאיר בן יצחק

   Person · 1670–1744-06-27 · Author, Rabbi, Rabbiner · Poland · 3 sources

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4. צבי הירש בן יהודה, מרישא

   Person · Author · Poland · 2 sources

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