Yaakov Yosef of Ostroha: Difference between revisions
Created page with "'''Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Ostroha''' (c. 1738–1791) was a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid of Mezeritch, and a close friend of Rabbi Pinchas of Koritz. ==Life== Rabbi Yaakov Yosef was born around 1738 in Ostroha to his father, the tzaddik Rabbi Yehuda Leib, who served as maggid meyshоrim (preacher of uprightness) and moreh tzedek (rabbinic decisor) in Ostroha.<ref>He sat day and night in the beis medrash,..." |
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*His daughter Yenta, wife of R' Avraham, son of the holy R' Tzvi of Pavolovitch. R' Avraham passed away on [[כ' חשון|20 Cheshvan]] [[תקע"ב|5572 (1811)]]. | *His daughter Yenta, wife of R' Avraham, son of the holy R' Tzvi of Pavolovitch. R' Avraham passed away on [[כ' חשון|20 Cheshvan]] [[תקע"ב|5572 (1811)]]. | ||
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