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Grand Rabbi Moshe Biderman (1776-1851) of Lelów
Lelów ( yi, לעלוב - ''Lelov'') is a village in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Lelów. It lies on the Białka river, approximately east of ...
was the 2nd Rebbe of the Lelov Hassidic dynasty.
Biography
Rabbi Moshe Biderman was born into abject poverty in Łachów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland in 1776. His father, RabbiDovid Biderman
Grand Rabbi Dovid Biderman (1746-1814) of Lelów was the founder of the Lelov Hassidic dynasty. He is commonly referred to as "''Reb Dovid Lelover''".
Biography
Rabbi Dovid of Lelov was a disciple of the Seer of Lublin, a disciple of Rabbi Elim ...
was the founder of the Lelov Hassidic dynasty. After his first wife died, Rabbi Moshe married Rivka Rochel, the daughter of Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz of Peshischa (Yiddish: יעקב יצחק ראבינאוויטש פון פשיסחא; – October 13, 1813) also known as the Yid Hakudosh () or the Yehudi was the founder and first Grand Rabbi of the Peshischa (Hasidic gr ...
. After the death of his father and his father-in-law, Rabbi Moshe Biderman became a disciple of Rabbi 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 ...
. In 1827, upon the death Rabbi Simcha Bunim, Rabbi Biderman became a disciple of Rabbi Israel Yitzhak Kalish
Israel Yitzhak Kalish of Warka (Yitzchok of Vurka) (1779–1848) was the first hasidic rebbe of Warka.
In 1829 he moved to Przysucha, where his master tzadik Simcha Bunim of Peshischa was teaching. Eventually he settled in Warka. Together with r ...
of Vurka. In 1847, Rabbi Kalish died and Rabbi Biderman, finally, agreed to accept a leadership position and became the Rabbi of Przedborz. Shortly before Rabbi Biderman's death, he decided to leave Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
and immigrate to Eretz Yisroel
The Land of Israel () is the traditional Jewish name for an area of the Southern Levant. Related biblical, religious and historical English terms include the Land of Canaan, the Promised Land, the Holy Land, and Palestine (see also Isra ...
. 72 days after arriving in Jerusalem, he died on December 18, 1851 and was buried on Mount of Olives near the tomb of the prophet
In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the s ...
Zacharia.
Notable Disciples
* RabbiShlomo Rabinowicz
Shlomo Hakohen Rabinowicz (also spelled Rabinowitz, Rabinowich, Rabinovitch) (1801 – 16 March 1866) was the first Rebbe of the Radomsk (Hasidic dynasty), Radomsk Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic dynasty and one of the great Hasidic masters of History o ...
of Radomsk Radomsk ( he, רדומסק) is a Hasidic dynasty named after the town of Radomsko in Łódź province, south-central Poland. The dynasty was founded in 1843 by Rabbi Shlomo Hakohen Rabinowicz (the ''Tiferes Shlomo''), one of the great Hasidic mast ...
See also
*Lelov
Lelov ( yi, לעֶלוֹב) is a Polish-Israeli Hasidic dynastic court, which traces its origins to the town of Lelów, Poland where the court was established in 1815 by Rabbi Dovid Biderman (1746-1814).
The Lelover dynasty migrated from Poland to ...
References
Jewish Polish history Orthodox Judaism in Poland 1776 births 1851 deaths People from Włoszczowa County {{Poland-rabbi-stub