Rabbi Meshullam Feivush Heller | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 1742 |
| Died | 12 December 1794(1794-12-12) (aged 51–52) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Yahrtzeit | 20Kislev, 5555A.M.[1] |
| Buried | Zbarazh |
RebMeshullam Feivush Heller ofZbarazh (c. 1742[2]– 12 December 1794) was the author of severalHasidicsefarim including theYosher Divrei Emes.[3]
Rabbi Meshullam Feivush was born to a rabbinic family. His father Harav Aharon Moshe ofSniatin was a fifth-generation direct descendant of RabbiYom-Tov Lipmann Heller (author of theTosefes Yom Tov).[2][3][4][5][6] His mother was a descendant of RabbiJudah ben Samuel of Regensburg.[1] Rabbi Meshullam Feivush was also a descendant of RabbisSamson ben Pesah Ostropoli[2][5][7] andSolomon Luria.[4]
Rabbi Meshullam Feivush spent most of his life in Zbarazh. He did not serve in any official position.[2] He was primarily a disciple of theMaggid ofZlotshov although he also basked in the presence of theMaggid of Mezritch and Rabbi Menachem Mendel ofPremishlan, all of whom he quotes in hissefer.[2][3][6]
His older brother, a non-HasidicKabbalist and theAv Beit Din ofDolyna (d. 1786),[2] also authored asefer with his endorsement which appears in its beginning.[4]
Rabbi Meshullam Feivush was married twice. He had one son by his first wife and two sons by his second wife.[8] His sons were Harav Moshe Aharon, Harav Baruch Yitzchak, and Harav Shimshon of Ozhiran. He was a close friend of RabbiHayyim Tyrer who cites him in his works.[3] He died at Zbarazh on 12 December 1794[3] and was buried at Zbarazh.[1]
Rav Meshulam Feivish is best known for his classic Chassidic work,Yosher Divrei Emes. It consists of twopamphlets, the first written in 5537/1777 and the second,Kuntres Derech Emes, written after 5541/1781. (We know this because the Zlotchover Maggid wasniftar (Hebrew, means deceased) on 25 Elul 5541/1781, and the pamphlet mentions that he was already deceased.) Some of hisdrashos were also published in theseferLikutim Yekarim.
A Rebbe and Chassidic leader, Rav Meshulam Feivish was also renowned for his knowledge ofShas andPoskim. Unfortunately, not many of his halachic rulings have survived. Rav Meshulam Feivish had a uniquemehudar sefer Torah that is quoted by theseferMishnas Avraham onhilchos Stam as a source and proof for certainhalachos intzuras ha’osiyos, the forms and shapes of the letters.
Rav Meshulam Feivish had many pupils. Some of the more famous include Harav Dovid Shlomo Eibshitz, theArvei Nachal; Harav Yosef Dovid Hakohen, Rav inZhvaliv and Yassi andmechaber ofDerech Emunah; Harav Menachem Mendel of Kossov-Vizhnitz; and Harav Chaim of Tchernowitz, theBe’er Mayim Chaim, who is considered atalmid chaver, zechusam yagein aleinu.
After Rav Meshulam Feivish’sdeath, most of his followers flocked to the court of his closedisciple, Harav Menachem Mendel of Kossov, founder of theVizhnitz dynasty.
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