Chanokh Heynekh HaKohen Levin (1798 – 21 March 1870
[The State Archive in Lodz /Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi](_blank)
"Jewish Civil Registry of Aleksandrow Lodzki", 1870, death (akt) #10, age 76, marital status widower, date March 21.) of
Aleksander served as the
rebbe
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of a community of thousands of
Hasidim
Ḥasīd ( he, חסיד, "pious", "saintly", "godly man"; plural "Hasidim") is a Jewish honorific, frequently used as a term of exceptional respect in the Talmudic and early medieval periods. It denotes a person who is scrupulous in his observ ...
during the "
interregnum
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" between the
Chidushei HaRim of
Ger and the
Sfas Emes
Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter ( he, יהודה אריה ליב אלתר, 15 April 1847 – 11 January 1905), also known by the title of his main work, the ''Sfas Emes'' (Ashkenazic Pronunciation) or ''Sefat Emet'' (Modern Hebrew), was a Hasidic Judais ...
.
Biography
Levin was one of the leading students of the Rebbe Reb
Simcha Bunim of Peshischa
Simcha Bunim Bonhardt of Peshischa (Yiddish: שמחה בונם בונהרט פון פשיסכע, ; – September 4, 1827) also known as the Rebbe Reb Bunim was the second Grand Rabbi of Peshischa ( Przysucha, Poland) as well as one of the key le ...
. After the latter's death he became one of the most prominent followers of Rebbe
Menachem Mendel of Kotzk
Menachem Mendel Morgensztern of Kotzk, better known as the Kotzker Rebbe and the Kotzker (1787–1859) was a Hasidic rabbi and leader.
Life
Born to a non-Hasidic family in Goraj near Lublin, Poland, he became attracted to Hasidic philosophy in hi ...
and the senior disciple of
Chidushei haRim.
Following the death of the Chidushei haRim in 1866, the bulk of his numerous chasidim chose Rabbi Chanokh Heynekh as the next rebbe.
Levin served as the Rabbi in the Jewish communities of
Aleksander from approximately 1837 until 1853,
Nowy Dwór from 1853 through 1859,
and
Przasnysz
Przasnysz (; yi, פראשניץ, russian: Прасныш) is a town in north-central Poland. Located in the Masovian Voivodship, about 110 km north of Warsaw and about 115 km south of Olsztyn, it is the capital of Przasnysz County. It ...
from 1859 until 1864 (or 1866).
After his tenure in Przasnysz he retired from the rabbinate and settled in Aleksander,
where he lived during his period of leadership as rebbe.
His teachings are collected in ''Chashovoh leToivo'' (first published in 1929
), and are quoted widely.
Chasidic insights
.
References
External links
* Yehuda Leyb, ''Geza Pe-eir'' (includes biographical notes on Chanokh Heynekh)
Rebbes of Ger
Polish Hasidic rabbis
19th-century Polish rabbis
1798 births
1870 deaths
Kohanim writers of Rabbinic literature
People from Pabianice County
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