Person · Hasidic leader
Maggid of Mezeritch
המגיד ממזריטש
His Galician disciples helped spread Hasidism in Lviv and Brody.
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... במשך עשרות שנים, מזמן הבעש״ט והמרכז
בפודוליה, נתפשטה החסידות בגליציה, כבשה את
רוב הקהילות הקטנות וחדרה גם לתוך הקהילות הגדולות
במזרח־גליציה. בלבוב וברודי נראו ניצני החסידות
בזמנו של המגיד ממזריטש, כששבו תלמידיו הגליצאים
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Lviv Jewish community
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Lviv
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Podolia
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Brody Jewish community
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Chaim Rapoport
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Bar of Miazlovitz
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Meir Balaban
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Judah Leib, the Preacher of Polonnoye
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A Terrible Story in Podolia
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