Meshullam Feivush Heller

Rabbi Meshullam Feivush Heller
Personal details
Born ca. 1742
Died 12 December 1794
Zbarazh
Yahrtzeit 20 Kislev, 5555 A.M.[1]
Buried Zbarazh
Residence Zbarazh

Meshullam Feivush Heller of Zbarazh (ca. 1742[2]– 12 December 1794) was the author of several Hasidic sefarim.[3]

Rabbi Meshullam Feivush was born to a rabbinic family. His father was a direct descendant of Rabbi Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller[2][3][4][5] and his mother was a descendant of Rabbi Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg.[1] Rabbi Meshullam Feivush was also a descendant of Rabbis Samson ben Pesah Ostropoli[2][5][6] and Solomon 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 the Maggid of Zlotshov although he also basked in the presence of the Maggid of Mezritch.[2][3]

His older brother, a non-Hasidic Kabbalist and the Av Beit Din of Dolyna (d. 1786),[2] also authored a sefer 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.[7] He was a close friend of Rabbi Hayyim Tyrer who cites him in his works.[3] He died at Zbarazh, 12 December 1794[3] and was buried at Zbarazh.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 זריזותא דאברהם [Seiresise DeAbraham] (in Hebrew). Lemberg. 1900. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 משולם פייבוש הלר [Meshullam Feivush Heller] (in Hebrew). Dr Mor Altshuler. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 משולם פייבוש הלר מזברז [Meshullam Feivush Heller of Zbarazh]. www.daat.ac.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 זריזותא דאברהם [Seiresise DeAbraham]. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  5. 1 2 כתב המתיחש (in Hebrew). Munkács: Kahan & Fried. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  6. זריזותא דאברהם [Seiresise DeAbraham]. p. 16c. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  7. זריזותא דאברהם [Seiresise DeAbraham]. Retrieved May 8, 2015.

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