Nosson Nuta of Makov ( – 1825) was an early 19th-century
Hungarian Hasidic
Hasidism () or Hasidic Judaism is a religious movement within Judaism that arose in the 18th century as a spiritual revival movement in contemporary Western Ukraine before spreading rapidly throughout Eastern Europe. Today, most of those aff ...
rebbe.
Biography
Rabbi Nosson Nuta of Makov was born in
Poland
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. In his early years, he travelled to
Lublin
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, where he became a disciple of 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 ...
. It was under the Chozeh's instruction that he travelled to
Kurów
Kurów () is a town in eastern Poland, located in the historic province of Lesser Poland, between Puławy and Lublin, on the Kurówka River. It is capital of a separate gmina (municipality) called Gmina Kurów, within Lublin Voivodeship. The ...
, where he became the leading disciple of
Rabbi Shmuel of Karov. Around this time, he married the daughter of
Rabbi Chaim Chaykl of Amdur, who helped Reb Nosson to establish his own small Hasidic court in
Makov Makov may refer to:
Places Azerbaijan
*Maqov, also called Makov, a municipality and village
Croatia
*Makov Hrib, a village in Croatia
Czech Republic
*Makov (Blansko District), a municipality and village in the South Moravian Region
*Makov (Svitav ...
. Reb Nosson's daughter married Rabbi Yitzchak Heller of Makov, whose son, Rabbi Fischel Heller married the daughter of
Rabbi Avraham Moshe of Peshischa.
See also
Amdur (Hasidic dynasty) Amdur may refer to:
* Amdur (Hasidic dynasty)
* Indura, a village in Belarus
* Ellis Amdur (born 1952), American martial arts writer
* Mary Amdur (1921–1998), American public health researcher
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References
Hasidic rabbis in Europe
18th-century Hungarian rabbis
19th-century Polish rabbis
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