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[[index.php?title=File:סאדילקאב.jpg|link=File:סאדילקאב.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|The synagogue in Sudylkiv, home of the author of the ''Degel Machaneh Ephraim'']]
[[File:סאדילקאב.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The synagogue in Sudylkiv, home of the author of the ''Degel Machaneh Ephraim'']]
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[[File:סאדילקאב 2.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The gravestone of the Rabbi of Sudylkiv]]
 
Rabbi '''Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sudylkiv''' ([[5508]] (1748) – [[17 Iyar]] [[5560]] (1800)), best known by the name of his work the '''''Degel Machaneh Ephraim''''', was a grandson and disciple of the [[Baal Shem Tov]]. He was celebrated as a maggid — a preacher and oral teacher whose every word was like a precious gem — but unlike other members of his family, he did not lead an independent Chassidic court.
Rabbi '''Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sudylkiv''' ([[5508]] (1748) – [[17 Iyar]] [[5560]] (1800)), best known by the name of his work the '''''Degel Machaneh Ephraim''''', was a grandson and disciple of the [[Baal Shem Tov]]. He was celebrated as a maggid — a preacher and oral teacher whose every word was like a precious gem — but unlike other members of his family, he did not lead an independent Chassidic court.


== Biography ==
==Biography==
He was born in [[5508]] (1748) to his father Rabbi [[Yechiel Ashkenazi]] and his mother Rebbetzin [[Adel]], daughter of the [[Baal Shem Tov]].
He was born in [[5508]] (1748) to his father Rabbi [[Yechiel Michel Ashkenazi (Son in law of the Baal Shem Tov)|Yechiel Ashkenazi]] and his mother Rebbetzin [[Adel (the daughter of the Baal Shem Tov)|Adel]], daughter of the [[Baal Shem Tov]].


In his youth he merited to know his grandfather the Baal Shem Tov personally, and retained Torah teachings he had heard directly from him — teachings he later published in his work ''Degel Machaneh Ephraim''.<ref>The book was released in a new and enhanced edition by the Institute for the Glorification of Chassidic Books, ''[[Pear Mikdoshim]]''.</ref>
In his youth he merited to know his grandfather the Baal Shem Tov personally, and retained Torah teachings he had heard directly from him — teachings he later published in his work ''Degel Machaneh Ephraim''.<ref>The book was released in a new and enhanced edition by the Institute for the Glorification of Chassidic Books, ''[[Pear Mikdoshim]]''.</ref>


After the passing of the Baal Shem Tov, he became a disciple of his uncle Rabbi [[Tzvi, son of the Baal Shem Tov]]. On [[7 Sivan 5521]] (1761), when Rabbi Tzvi stepped back from leading the broader [[Chassidic movement]] and relocated to [[Pinsk]], Rabbi Moshe Chaim Ephraim went with him.
After the passing of the Baal Shem Tov, he became a disciple of his uncle Rabbi [[Tzvi Hirsh (the son of the Baal Shem Tov)|Tzvi, son of the Baal Shem Tov]]. On [[7 Sivan 5521]] (1761), when Rabbi Tzvi stepped back from leading the broader [[Chassidic movement]] and relocated to [[Pinsk]], Rabbi Moshe Chaim Ephraim went with him.


He also drew deeply from the teachings of Rabbi [[Yaakov Yosef of Polnoye]], author of the ''Toldos Yaakov Yosef''.
He also drew deeply from the teachings of Rabbi [[Yaakov Yosef of Polnoye]], author of the ''Toldos Yaakov Yosef''.
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Around [[5547]] (1787) he returned to [[Mezhibuzh]], where he passed away on [[17 Iyar]] [[5560]] (1800).
Around [[5547]] (1787) he returned to [[Mezhibuzh]], where he passed away on [[17 Iyar]] [[5560]] (1800).


== His Work ==
==His Work==
 
* '''[http://chabadlibrarybooks.com/23525 Degel Machaneh Ephraim]'''
* '''[http://chabadlibrarybooks.com/23525 Degel Machaneh Ephraim]'''


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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[[Category:Disciples of the Baal Shem Tov]]
[[Category:Disciples of the Maggid of Mezeritch]]
[[Category:Family of the Baal Shem Tov]]
[[he:משה חיים אפרים מסדילקוב]]