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RabbiAvraham Brandwein (Hebrew:אברהם ברנדווין; died February 20, 2013),[1]Admor ofStretin, was anIsraeliKabbalahscholar.
Brandwein's family includes manychassidic masters, including theMaggid of Mezritsch,Elimelech of Lizhensk andLevy Yitschak of Berditshev, and he was directly descended from the firstAdmor of Stretin. Brandwein was born inIsrael, the seventh generation in his family to live there. His family originally settled inTsfat, the city ofKabbalists.
His father, Rav Yehudah Tzvi, was the previousAdmor and a scholar of Kabbalah.
Brandwein served in theIsrael Defense Forces in artillery and was among the soldiers that crossed theSuez Canal intoEgypt during theYom Kippur war.
Brandwein was ordained as aRabbi byGedolim representing the entireOrthodox community in Israel, and also holds an M.A. He integratedCharedi life with active participation in the life of the modern state. Brandwein served as a rabbi in theAbsorption and Immigration Department of theJewish Agency, providing spiritual assistance to recent immigrants.
From 1985, Brandwein taughtTorah andChassidut throughout Israel. He edited more than 20 volumes of classical Kabbalistic texts. He established ayeshiva in theJewish Quarter of theOld City ofJerusalem where he taught Kabbalah. He wrote the book "The Essence of Religion and its Purpose" Commentary by "Or Hadash" Hebrew for New Light (Book Title in Hebrew "Mehut HaDat UMatrata") based on Rav Ashlag's article of the same name.
Brandwein died on February 20, 2013 (Hebrew Date Lunar Calendar is 10th of Adar), aged 67, in theHadassah Medical Center inEin Kerem inJerusalem, after several months' illness. He was buried in theMount of Olives Jewish Cemetery, next to his wife, Tzipora, who had died four years earlier.[1]