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== Early Years == | == Early Years == | ||
The Maharil was born in the town of Liozna around 1749 or 1750 to Rav Yisroel Boruch Pozner and Rebbetzin Rivka. | The Maharil was born in the town of [[Liozna]] around 1749 or 1750 to Rav Yisroel Boruch Pozner and Rebbetzin Rivka. | ||
Not many details are known about the Maharil's childhood. One of the known stories that occurred with him and his brother the Alter Rebbe is the story of "The White Spring," named after a spring that the Alter Rebbe and his brother Rabbi Yehuda Leib found under a white stone. The story appears in the Rebbe's Igros Kodesh Volume 20. | Not many details are known about the Maharil's childhood. One of the known stories that occurred with him and his brother the Alter Rebbe is the story of "The White Spring," named after a spring that the Alter Rebbe and his brother Rabbi Yehuda Leib found under a white stone. The story appears in the Rebbe's Igros Kodesh Volume 20. | ||