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Rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk
Vitebsk

Vitebsk, also known as Viciebsk or Vitsyebsk , is a city in Belarus, near the border with Russia and Latvia. The capital of the Vitebsk Oblast, in 2004 it had 342,381 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth largest city....
 (1730 – 1788) also known as Menachem Mendel of Horodok
Horodok

Horodok may refer to:*Horodok, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, a town in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine*Horodok, Lviv Oblast, a town in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine...
 was an early leader of Hasidic Judaism
Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism is a type of Orthodox Judaism or Haredi Judaism Orthodox Judaism religious movement. Some refer to Hasidic Judaism as Hasidism, and the adjective chasidic / hasidic applies....
. Part of the third generation of Hasidic leaders, he was the primary disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch. From his base in Minsk
Minsk

Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
 Menachem Mendel was instrumental in spreading Hasidism throughout Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
.

In the winter of 1772 he, along with Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Shneur Zalman of Liadi

Shneur Zalman of Liadi , was an Orthodox Judaism Rabbi, and the founder and first Rebbe of Chabad Lubavitch, a branch of Hasidic Judaism, then based in Liadi, Imperial Russia....
 (who regarded Rabbi Menachem Mendel as his Rebbe
Rebbe

Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew language word Rabbi. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Judaism Jewish movement....
 after the Maggid's passing) went to the Vilna Gaon
Vilna Gaon

Rabbi Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman, known as the Vilna Gaon or Elijah of Vilna and simply by his Hebrew language acronym Gra , , was an exceptional Talmud, Halakha, Kabbalah, and the foremost leader of non-hasidic world Jewry of the past few centuries....
 with the aim of convincing him to rescind his ban
Cherem

Cherem , is the highest ecclesiastical censure in the Jewish community. It is the total exclusion of a person from the Jewish community. It is a form of shunning, and is similar to excommunication in the Catholic Church....
 on Hasidism, but the Vilna Gaon would not receive them.

After the Maggid's death, Menachem Mendel, along with fellow disciple Rabbi Avraham of Kalisk ("Kalisker") settled in Horodok
Horodok

Horodok may refer to:*Horodok, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, a town in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine*Horodok, Lviv Oblast, a town in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine...
.






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Rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk
Vitebsk

Vitebsk, also known as Viciebsk or Vitsyebsk , is a city in Belarus, near the border with Russia and Latvia. The capital of the Vitebsk Oblast, in 2004 it had 342,381 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth largest city....
 (1730 – 1788) also known as Menachem Mendel of Horodok
Horodok

Horodok may refer to:*Horodok, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, a town in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine*Horodok, Lviv Oblast, a town in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine...
 was an early leader of Hasidic Judaism
Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism is a type of Orthodox Judaism or Haredi Judaism Orthodox Judaism religious movement. Some refer to Hasidic Judaism as Hasidism, and the adjective chasidic / hasidic applies....
. Part of the third generation of Hasidic leaders, he was the primary disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch. From his base in Minsk
Minsk

Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
 Menachem Mendel was instrumental in spreading Hasidism throughout Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
.

In the winter of 1772 he, along with Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Shneur Zalman of Liadi

Shneur Zalman of Liadi , was an Orthodox Judaism Rabbi, and the founder and first Rebbe of Chabad Lubavitch, a branch of Hasidic Judaism, then based in Liadi, Imperial Russia....
 (who regarded Rabbi Menachem Mendel as his Rebbe
Rebbe

Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew language word Rabbi. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Judaism Jewish movement....
 after the Maggid's passing) went to the Vilna Gaon
Vilna Gaon

Rabbi Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman, known as the Vilna Gaon or Elijah of Vilna and simply by his Hebrew language acronym Gra , , was an exceptional Talmud, Halakha, Kabbalah, and the foremost leader of non-hasidic world Jewry of the past few centuries....
 with the aim of convincing him to rescind his ban
Cherem

Cherem , is the highest ecclesiastical censure in the Jewish community. It is the total exclusion of a person from the Jewish community. It is a form of shunning, and is similar to excommunication in the Catholic Church....
 on Hasidism, but the Vilna Gaon would not receive them.

After the Maggid's death, Menachem Mendel, along with fellow disciple Rabbi Avraham of Kalisk ("Kalisker") settled in Horodok
Horodok

Horodok may refer to:*Horodok, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, a town in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine*Horodok, Lviv Oblast, a town in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine...
. In 1777 the two, along with 300 followers emigrated
Aliyah

Aliyah refers to Jewish immigration to Greater Israel. The opposite action, Jewish emigration from Israel, is referred to as Yerida ....
, to the Land of Israel
Land of Israel

For other uses, see Israel The Land of Israel is the region which, according to the Hebrew Bible, was promised by God to the descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac and to the Israelites, descendants of Jacob, Abraham's grandson....
, settling in Safed
Safed

Safed is a city in the North District of Israel of Israel and a center for Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism. At an elevation of 800 meters above sea level, Safed is the highest city in the Galilee....
. In 1783 they were forced out of Safed, and moved to Tiberias
Tiberias

Tiberias is a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, Lower Galilee, Israel. It was named in honour of the emperor Tiberius....
.

The Tanya
Tanya

Tanya is a book more commonly known by its opening word although titled Likkutei Amarim , an early work of Hasidic Judaism, written by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad, in 1797 CE....
 (see "Compiler's Preface"} is partially based on the works of Rabbi Menachem Mendel.

Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk is the subject of 15 of the stories in Martin Buber
Martin Buber

Martin Buber was an Austrian-Israeli-Jewish philosopher, translator, and educator, whose work centered on theism ideals of religious consciousness, interpersonal relations, and community....
's Tales of the Hasidim.

Works


  • P'ri Ha'Aretz
  • P'ri Ha'Eitz
  • Likkutei Amarim


External links

  • by Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
  • , the Jewish Encyclopedia
    Jewish Encyclopedia

    The Jewish Encyclopedia was an encyclopedia originally published between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. It contained over 15,000 articles in 12 volumes on the history and then-current state of Judaism and the Jews as of 1901....