Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz (1766–1813), also known as the Yid Hakodesh (ייִד הקדוש, Yiddish; HaYehudi HaKadosh, היהודי הקדוש, Hebrew, "The Holy Jew"), was the founder of the Peshischa (פשיסחא, Yiddish) sect of Hasidism in Przysucha

Przysucha

Przysucha is a town in Poland. Located in the Masovian Voivodeship, about 100 km southwest of Warsaw, it is the capital of Przysucha County. It has 6,762 inhabitants . Its name in Yiddish is פשיסחא or פשיסכא . It was home to a number of prominent Hasidic Rabbis, such as The Holy Jew and...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, which was "an elitist, rationalistic Hasidism that centered on Talmudic study and formed a counterpoint to the miracle-centered Hasidism of Lublin." He held court in the grand synagogue of Przysucha.

A disciple of The Seer of Lublin

Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin

Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin, also Jacob Isaac of Lublin, or Y. Y. Horowitz , known as "The Chozeh of Lublin" , or simply as the "Chozeh", was a Hasidic rebbe from Poland....

, from whom he broke, and the teacher of Rabbi Simcha Bunim of Peshischa

Simcha Bunim of Peshischa

Rabbi Simcha Bunim Bonhart of Peshischa was one of the main leaders of Hasidic Judaism in Poland. After studying Torah at yeshivas in Mattersdorf and Nikolsburg, he was introduced to the world of Hasidism by his father-in-law, and became a chasid of Rabbi Yisroel Hopsztajn , and then Rabbi...

, to whom was passed the helm of his yeshiva

Yeshiva

Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim and in study pairs called chavrutas...

, he was also the patriarch of the Biala Hasidic dynasty

Biala (Hasidic dynasty)

The Biala Hasidic dynasty originated from Poland. The Rebbes of Biala are descended from Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Rabinowicz, known as the Yid Hakodosh .-Lineage:...

. His break from The Seer is dramatically recounted in Martin Buber

Martin Buber

Martin Buber was an Austrian-born Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of religious existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou relationship and the I-It relationship....

's Gug Und Magog, published in English as For the Sake of Heaven.

His teachings are documented in the post-humous work, Wonders of the Holy Jew (נפלאות היהודי).

Peshischa Hasidism transmogrified into both Izhbitz and Ger

Ger (Hasidic dynasty)

Ger, or Gur is a Hasidic dynasty originating from Ger, the Yiddish name of Góra Kalwaria, a small town in Poland....

Hasidism, the latter being one of the world's largest contemporary Hasidic sects.