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Created page with "Rabbi '''Chaim Volper''' was one of the leading disciples of the Maggid of Mezeritch and a profound master of Chassidic thought — who, in the final years of his life, fell into alcoholism and wandered in poverty from town to town. The book ''Beis Rebbe'' notes that his first name was not known to the author. A later source records a claim that his name was Shlomo Lutzker, but this appears to be a confusion with an entirely different figure — Rabbi Shlomo of L..." |
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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
He was born to Rabbi | He was born to Rabbi Krepil. | ||
In his early years he was counted among the most distinguished of the Maggid of Mezeritch's circle. The book ''[[Beis Rebbe (book)|Beis Rebbe]]'' records: "In the beginning he was the greatest among the fellowship, and all of them would go to hear from him the teachings of the Maggid, for he would repeat the words exactly as they were spoken and with fine understanding." The book ''Toras Shalom'' similarly records that among the Maggid's disciples, two had received the Maggid's Torah in its entirety: Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin fell ill with dysentery; Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev would be transported beyond himself in deveikut (attachment to G‑d) and overwhelming rapture. "Only our great master [the Alter Rebbe] and the Rav of Vaalfa received it." | In his early years he was counted among the most distinguished of the Maggid of Mezeritch's circle. The book ''[[Beis Rebbe (book)|Beis Rebbe]]'' records: "In the beginning he was the greatest among the fellowship, and all of them would go to hear from him the teachings of the Maggid, for he would repeat the words exactly as they were spoken and with fine understanding." The book ''Toras Shalom'' similarly records that among the Maggid's disciples, two had received the Maggid's Torah in its entirety: Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin fell ill with dysentery; Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev would be transported beyond himself in deveikut (attachment to G‑d) and overwhelming rapture. "Only our great master [the Alter Rebbe] and the Rav of Vaalfa received it." | ||
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* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=3751&hilite=2db9de9a-555c-40c4-b1a5-8e5ab3dffdae&st=%D7%94%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A2%D7%A8&pgnum=147 His biography in ''Beis Rebbe''] on HebrewBooks.org | * [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=3751&hilite=2db9de9a-555c-40c4-b1a5-8e5ab3dffdae&st=%D7%94%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A2%D7%A8&pgnum=147 His biography in ''Beis Rebbe''] on HebrewBooks.org | ||
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[[Category:Disciples of the Maggid of Mezeritch]] | [[Category:Disciples of the Maggid of Mezeritch]] | ||
[[He:חיים וולפר]] | |||