Hayyim ben Solomon Tyrer () was an important Hasidic

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and kabbalist, and is today remembered for several well known Hasidic works. He is also known as "Hayyim of Czernowitz", after his time there. He was a pupil of Rabbi Yechiel Michl (the

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of Zlotshev), as well as of the

Maggid of Mezritch Dov Ber ben Avraham of Mezeritch ( yi, דֹּב בֶּער מִמֶּזְרִיטְשְׁ; died December 1772 OS), also known as the ''Maggid of Mezeritch'', was a disciple of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer (the Baal Shem Tov), the founder of Hasidic ...

; both in turn direct pupils 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 he had been rabbi at five different towns, among them

Mogilev Mogilev (russian: Могилёв, Mogilyov, ; yi, מאָלעוו, Molev, ) or Mahilyow ( be, Магілёў, Mahilioŭ, ) is a city in eastern Belarus, on the Dnieper River, about from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and from the bor ...

Czernowitz Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the up ...

and Botoșani, he settled in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography * Fuenn, ''Keneset Yisrael''
p. 365
*

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, ''Shem ha-Gedolim he-Ḥadash'', p. 48. He died in Jerusalem in 1813, and was buried in a cave in the Jewish cemetery of Safed. He was the author of: * ''Sidduro shel Shabbat'', kabbalistic homilies on Shabbat-related subjects (

Poryck Pavlivka ( uk, Павлівка, formerly Poryck, pl, Poryck) is a town now located in northwestern Ukraine, in Volodymyr Raion of Volyn Oblast, near Volodymyr, on the Luha river. For centuries, Poryck was property of several noble Polish familie ...

, 1818) * ''Be'er Mayim Ḥayyim'', novellæ on the

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, in two parts (Czernowitz, pt. i. 1820, pt. ii. 1849) * ''Sha'ar ha-Tefillah'', kabbalistic reflections on

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(Sudilkov, 1837) * ''Ereẓ ha-Ḥayyim'', in two parts: (1) a homiletic commentary on the

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and

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, and (2) novellæ on the tractate Berakhot (Czernowitz, 1861) He is mentioned by Rabbi Sender Margalioth in his responsa on

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References

External links

Be'er Mayim Chayim Rabbi Chaim Tirar of Tchernovitz - "The Well of Living Waters"
at chabad.org

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'' by Rabbi

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