Chanokh Heynekh HaKohen Levin (1798 – 21 March 1870The State Archive in Lodz /Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi
"Jewish Civil Registry of Aleksandrow Lodzki", 1870, death (akt) #10, age 76, marital status widower, date March 21.) of Aleksander served as the

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of a community of thousands of Hasidim during the "

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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

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. 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

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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
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References

External links

* Yehuda Leyb, ''Geza Pe-eir'' (includes biographical notes on Chanokh Heynekh)

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