Abraham Reisen, the renowned Yiddish poet, was also a Koidanover
R. Aaron Koidanover was a great jokester. He was once
R. Yohanan of Rakhmastrivka (d. 1895) once traveled to Zwinogródka.
R. Motel of Chernobyl once came to Slavuta. So they
R. Aaron Koidanover once had a bad fistula on his
R. Aaron Koidanover’s darling son, R. Solomon Hayim died very
Peretz Viernik’s brother, R. Meir Smorganer and R. Michel Friedman
It was once reported to the Russian government that R.
R. Baruch Koidanover (d. 1871) was once in Lida where
R. Joseph Koidanover once joked about the Zionists when they
R. Joseph Koidanover (d. 1915) once asked why when a
R. Hirsh Riminover conducted himself quietly and in a hidden
R. Mendel Linsker (d. 1803) was the son-in-law of R.
R. Jacob Linsker spent the entire day studying Torah and
R. Elimelekh of Lizensk and R. Zusha of Anipoli went
R. Pinchas Kamenetzer and the Rabbi of Savran were friends.
A Rabbinical inquiry regarding an agunah (“chained” woman) came before
R. Benzil Strier did in fact esteem the Sanzer –
Once, on the day before Yom Kippur during the tish
The Ga’on of Vilna wished to meet the Magid. Although
Even though the Besht himself told people to speak ill
R. Meir of Premishlan [d. 1850] feared that other Rebbes
At the Strelisker’s [d. 1826] There was a great scarcity
Pinchas Landau saw one of the marginal notes of the
Before Shevu’ot it was a bad year. There was no
At the Sadagurer’s table (tish) there was a large crowd,
R. Baruch of Medzibuz once said the following saying (vort)
When the [book] Toldot [ya’akov yosef] was printed and [the
The tsadikim gave the following reason for why he was
The verse “but all the children of Israel had
The Rebbe [Moses Zevi] of Savran [d. 1837] quarreled with
R. Arele (?) Tetiver [d.c. 1800] a grandson (?) of
It is said about R. Aaron Klivaner, a disciple of
R. Moses Hayim Ephraim of Sadilkov [d. 1800], a grandson
R. Nahman of Breslav [d. 1810] once said: “It doesn’t
R. Motele Chernobyler’s second wife – with whom he had
R. Jacob Emden [d. 1776] once said: “Since I am
R. Zalman Orenstein told the Kinever Rebbe: The Rav [i.e.
R. Moses Leib of Sasov (d. 1807) once came to
R. Hayim Sanzer earned his living through a white linen
The Rabbi of Sokol, the Ramraz, was the elder Belzer
The Seer [Jacob Isaac] of Lublin [d.1815] sensed that a
The Preacher of Sokal, R. Solomon Lutzker [d.1813] experienced a
When R. Abraham of Sochatchov [d.1910] was a boy he
When the Rav [R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi] began to
When R. Baruch of Medzhybizh [d.1811] was still a child
The first of the Hasidic rebbes to strongly oppose the
[Side comment:] R. Katz related that he heard from a
The custom in the court of Chernobyl was that a
Before the Magid passed away he spoke with haMalakh about
Late Hasidism was perceived and presented in research as a movement of institutionalization and entrenchment that lost the initial Hasidic renaissance, and even degenerated. Recently there have been changes in research and more complex methods and approaches have been introduced that find characteristics unique to late Hasidim.
