Elimelech of Lizhensk
Elimelech of Lizhensk | |
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Title | Elimelech of Lezajsk |
Personal | |
Born | Elimelech Weisblum 1717 Yisroel of Kozhnitz |
Main work | Noam Elimelech |
Dynasty | Lizhensk |
Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk (1717–March 11, 1787
Elimelech wrote Noam Elimelech, which developed the Hasidic theory of the
Biography
Elimelech was born in Tyczyn.[2]
He married Sprinza (Esperanza), daughter of Rabbi Aharon Rokach Margolioth, and they had five children. After her death Elimelech married Gittel, daughter of Rabbi Yaakov Margolioth.[3]
He died in Leżajsk on the 21st of Adar.
Elimelech and his brother Zushya
Elimelech was a student of
Hasidic Leadership
After the death of
Many of Elimelech's students (talmidim) went on to be rebbes themselves, including the
His grave in Leżajsk, Poland, is visited by thousands of Hasidism, particularly on the anniversary of his death, the 21st of the Hebrew month of Adar (in leap years in Adar II).[4] In 2012, approximately 6,000 pilgrims [5] came to visit the site on the anniversary coming from Israel, Ukraine, Hungary, Germany, Holland, France, Great Britain, Canada and the USA.[6] In most Chasidic minyanim, Tachanun is omitted on the Noam Elimelech's Yartzeit.[7]
Noam Elimelech
As is common among prominent rabbis he is often known by the name of his best known book, in his case Noam Elimelech, a commentary on the Torah which is one of the principal works of
The book has asterisks or stars placed in seemingly random places within the text. Tradition has it that these stars were placed by the author intentionally and contain some meaning.[9] They are therefore included in almost all subsequent printed editions of the work.
Elimelech also wrote Tzetl Koton, a seventeen-point program on how to be a good Jew, and Hanhagos HaAdam, a list of
References
- ^ See image of gravestone at e.g. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fTh0xyZ1FRQ/R-rEbh5TgVI/AAAAAAAABA4/h3023o7lqXI/s400/elimelech.jpg which gives the year as ת' נ' צ' ב' ה' which is 547, short for the Jewish year 5,547, or 1787.
- ^ "Rebbe Elimelech Lipman (Weisblum) of Lizhensk". geni_family_tree. 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- ^ "Biography of Rabbe Elimelech of Lizensk". lizensk.com. 2021-11-01. Archived from the original on 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ David M. Gitlitz & Linda Kay Davidson ‘’Pilgrimage and the Jews’’ (Westport: CT: Praeger, 2006), 112-115.
- ^ http://www.rp.pl/artykul/10,838345-Chasydzi-pielgrzymuja-do-grobu-cadyka.html [dead link]
- ^ "Kilka tysięcy chasydów w Leżajsku". 15 March 2012.
- ^ See "Everything You Wanted to Know About Tachanun | Woodstock Tom (Dot) Com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^ "English translation of the haskamah of the Grand Rebbe of Boston, shlita, Ramat Bet Shemesh" (PDF). torahdownloads.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ Rabbi Dov Ehrmann, Devarim Areivim Part 1, p. 17: "In the first edition of the book, there are in many places small stars which allude to some secret meaning".
- ^ "Mussar Center - Classic Works". www.mussar.center.
External links
- Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk Archived 2010-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Digitized 1st Edition Hebrew Noam Elimelech
- Noam Elimelech text on Hebrew Wikisource
- Noam Elimelech in English samples
- Tefilah Kodem HaTefillah
- A Hassidic Tune attributed to Rabbi Elimelech of Lizensk
- Rebbe Elimelech Stories Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Ohel Elimelech Hebrew Tales about Rebbe Elimelech