Rabbi Moshe Yehudah Leib Erblich, popularly known as Rabbi Moshe Leib of Sassov, (c. 1745 – January 13 1807) was one of the early

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in 18th century Europe. He was the first rebbe of the town of

Sasiv Sasiv (; , ; , ) is a village in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, since 1945. Until 1772 the village was located in the historical territory of Ruthenia, in the Ruthenian Voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, thereafter until 1 ...

(), and the founder of the Sassov Hasidic dynasty.

Biography

Rabbi Moshe Leib of Sassov was born c. 1745 in either

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to Rabbi Yaakov and Rivkah Erblich. Although his father held the views of the ''

misnagdim ''Misnagdim'' (, "Opponents"; Sephardi pronunciation: ''Mitnagdim''; singular ''misnaged / mitnaged'') was a Jewish religious movements, religious movement among the Eastern European Jewry, Jews of Eastern Europe which resisted the rise of Has ...

'', Moshe Leib studied under Rabbi

Shmelke of Nikolsburg Shmuel Shmelke HaLevi Horowitz of Nikolsburg (Yiddish: שמואל שמעלקי הלוי הורוויץ פון ניקאלשבורג, ; 1726 – April 28, 1778) also known as the Rebbe Reb Shmelke was an early Hasidic master and kabbalist, who is am ...

, one of the great hasidic rebbes in the early years of Hasidism, who was one of the foremost students of the prominent Hasidic master, the

Maggid of Mezritch Dov Ber ben Avraham of Mezeritch (; died December 4, 1772 O.S.), also known as the ''Maggid of Mezeritch'' or ''Mezeritcher Maggid'', was a disciple of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer (the Baal Shem Tov), the founder of Hasidic Judaism, and was chosen ...

. He later went on to study under the Maggid of Mezritch himself as well as Rabbi

Elimelech of Lizhensk Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk (1717–March 11, 1787) was a rabbi and one of the founding Rebbes of the Hasidic movement. His hometown was Leżajsk () near Rzeszów in Poland. He was part of the inner "Chevraya Kadisha" (Holy Society) school o ...

. He was a contemporary of Hasidic rebbes Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, the Kozhnitzer Maggid, and the

Chozeh of Lublin Yaakov Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz (), known as "the Seer of Lublin" (), ''ha-Chozeh MiLublin''; (c. 1745 - August 15, 1815) was a Hasidic rebbe from Poland. "Rabbi Yaacov Yitzchak, the Chozeh of Lublin, is one of the truly beloved figures of Chassi ...

. After a stint in

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, Rabbi Erblich moved to

where he established the hasidic court of Sassov, which attracted many followers. Among his students were Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Ziditchov, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kosov, Rabbi

Yaakov Yitzchak of Peshischa Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz of Peshischa (Yiddish: יעקב יצחק ראבינאוויטש פון פשיסחא; – October 13, 1813) also known as the Yid Hakudosh () or the Yehudi was the founder and first Grand Rabbi of the Peshischa movement o ...

(known as the Yid HaKadosh), Rabbi Meir of Premishlan, and Rabbi Abraham David Wahrman of

Buchach Buchach (, ; ; or ; ; ; ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city located on the Strypa River (a tributary of the Dniester) in Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast (Oblast, province) of Western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Buchach urban h ...

. He was renowned for his boundless love for all Jews. He died on January 13, 1807, in

and was succeeded as rebbe by his son, Rabbi Yekusiel Shmuel Shmelke Erblich.

Works

* תורת הרמ"ל השלם (Hebrew: ''Torat HaRamal HaShalem''),

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* ליקוטי רמ"ל (Hebrew: ''Likutei Ramal''),

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* ליקוטי רמ"ל (Hebrew: ''Likutei Ramal''),

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* חידושי הרמ"ל (Hebrew: ''Chiddushei HaRamal''), c. 1921,

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Notes and references

Hasidic rebbes 18th-century rabbis from the Russian Empire Clergy from Lviv Oblast Students of Dov Ber of Mezeritch 1740s births 1807 deaths Year of birth uncertain {{Ukraine-rabbi-stub