Rabbi Noach Jaffe of Lechovitch (; ) (1775 – 2 October 1832) was a Hasidic rabbi of the Lechovitch dynasty as successor to his father, Rabbi

Mordechai of Lechovitch Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe of Lechovitch (1742 – 18 January 1810) was a Hasidic rabbi who was the disciple of Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin and was the founder of the Lechovitch dynasty of Hasidism, from which the , Slonim, Koidanov, and Novominsk courts ...

. He was the president of the on behalf of Kollel Raysin.

Biography

Jaffe was born in 1774 to Rabbi Mordechai of Lechovitch. He was a student of both his father and of Rabbi

Boruch of Medzhybizh Rabbi Boruch of Medzhybizh (1753–1811), was a grandson of the Baal Shem Tov. Reb Boruch (known in his childhood as Reb Boruch'l, a Yiddish diminutive, and subsequently as ''Reb Boruch'l HaKadosh'') was the first major "rebbe" of the Hasidic mov ...

, grandson of the

Baal Shem Tov Israel ben Eliezer (1698 – 22 May 1760), known as the Baal Shem Tov ( he, בעל שם טוב, ) or as the Besht, was a Jewish mystic and healer who is regarded as the founder of Hasidic Judaism. "Besht" is the acronym for Baal Shem Tov, which ...

. After his father's death in 1810, he traveled together with Rabbi Michal of Lechovitch to ask Rabbi Boruch for advice regarding the determination of the successor to his father. Rabbi Boruch instructed them that "Rabbi Noach will lead and rabbi Michal will assist." He is notable for his refusal to speak words of the

Torah The Torah (; hbo, ''Tōrā'', "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. In that sense, Torah means the s ...

in public. Because of this, his disciple, Rabbi read the verse: "There is neither speech nor words; their voice is not heard. Their line goes forth throughout the earth, and their words are at the end of the world..." nowiki/>Psalms 19:4">Psalms.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Psalms">nowiki/>Psalms 19:4Noticing his difference in teaching style than his father, his disciples asked him why it was. He replied, "I do just like my father; My father did not imitate anyone, nor do I." Rabbi Jaffe died in 1832. After his death, his nephew Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Perlow of Koidanov, son of Rabbi Aharon of Karlin II, succeeded him as rabbi. During Shavuot">Aharon of Karlin (II)">Aharon of Karlin II, succeeded him as rabbi. During Shavuot, his disciple Rabbi withdrew with most of the congregation and founded the Kobryn Hasidic dynasty. His son-in-law, Mordechai of Lechovitch began to serve in his place. Rabbi Mordechai Twersky said that Jaffe died out of both love and fear of God.

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