Reb Hillel Paritcher: Difference between revisions

Born to Rabbi Meir HaLevi of Alysov in 1795 in the Russian town of Hometz. From childhood, he devoted himself to Torah study and was known as "the prodigy of Hometz." He studied under the author of "Bat Ayin." According to Hasidic stories, Rabbi Hillel married before his bar mitzvah at age 11, earning him the nickname "the Chol HaMoed'nik" since he had a tallit before tefillin. By age 13, he was proficient in the entire Talmud and Jewish law, studied Kabbalah, mastered all the writings of the Arizal, and prayed with his kavvanot (mystical intentions). Following the custom of Kabbalists, he lived ascetically and engaged in fasting and self-mortification. Later, following his father's example, he traveled to the holy Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl and began following the path of Hasidism.