Chanokh Heynekh HaKohen Levin (1798 – 21 March 1870
[The State Archive in Lodz /Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi](_blank)
"Jewish Civil Registry of Aleksandrow Lodzki", 1870, death (akt) #10, age 76, marital status widower, date March 21.) of
Aleksander served as the
rebbe
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of a community of thousands of
Hasidim during the "
interregnum
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" between the
Chidushei HaRim of
Ger and the
Sfas Emes.
Biography
Levin was one of the leading students of the Rebbe Reb
Simcha Bunim of Peshischa
Simcha Bunim Bonhardt of Peshischa (, ; – 4 September 1827) also known as the Rebbe Reb Bunim was the second Grand Rabbi of Peshischa ( Przysucha, Poland) as well as one of the key leaders of Hasidic Judaism in Poland. The main disciple of ...
. After the latter's death he became one of the most prominent followers of Rebbe
Menachem Mendel of Kotzk and the senior disciple of
Chidushei haRim.
Following the death of the Chidushei haRim in 1866, the bulk of his numerous chasidim chose Rabbi Chanokh Heynekh as the next rebbe.
Levin served as the Rabbi in the Jewish communities of
Aleksander from approximately 1837 until 1853,
Nowy Dwór from 1853 through 1859,
and
Przasnysz
Przasnysz () is a town in north-central Poland. Located in the Masovian Voivodship, about north of Warsaw and about south of Olsztyn, it is the capital of Przasnysz County. It has 18,093 inhabitants (2004). It was one of the most important towns ...
from 1859 until 1864 (or 1866).
After his tenure in Przasnysz he retired from the rabbinate and settled in Aleksander,
where he lived during his period of leadership as rebbe.
His teachings are collected in ''Chashava Letova'' (first published in 1929
), and are quoted widely.
Chasidic insights
.
References
External links
* Yehuda Leyb, ''Geza Pe-eir'' (includes biographical notes on Chanokh Heynekh)
Rebbes of Ger
Polish Hasidic rabbis
19th-century Polish rabbis
1798 births
1870 deaths
Kohanim writers of Rabbinic literature
People from Pabianice County
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