Chanokh Heynekh HaKohen Levin

Chanokh Heynekh HaKohen Levin
TitleRebbe Reb Heynekh of Aleksander
Personal
Born
Chanokh Heynekh Lewin

1798
Lutomiersk, South Prussia, Prussia
Died21 March 1870(1870-03-21) (aged 71–72)
Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland
ReligionJudaism
SpouseChana Hentshe Feyge Pachter of Przysucha, Chaia Basia (daughter of Rabbi Yehoshua Usher Rabinowicz of Parysow d. Przasnysz, 27 Feb 1864)[1]
Children
  • Yechiel Efraim Fishel (1822 Przysucha – 1894 Ruda Maleniecka)
  • Bracha Szyfra Miryam (before 1820 Przysucha – 1886 Lodz)
  • Chaya Tsipora (before 1822 Przysucha – ?)
Parents
  • Pinchas Lewin (1765 Lutomiersk – 1837 Lutomiersk) (father)
  • Soro Chano Szatan (about 1779 Kalisz – 22 April 1863 Przasnysz) (mother)
Jewish leader
PredecessorYitzchak Meir Alter
SuccessorYehudah Aryeh Leib Alter
Avrohom Bornsztain
BeganJune 1866
Ended21 March 1870
Main workChashovoh leToivo

Chanokh Heynekh HaKohen Levin (1798 – 21 March 1870[2]) of Aleksander served as the rebbe of a community of thousands of Hasidim during the "interregnum" between the Chidushei HaRim of Ger and the Sfas Emes.[3]

  1. ^ The State Archive of Warszawa Record Pultusk Branch Archived August 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine: "Jewish Civil Registry of Przasnysz ", 1864, Akt #: 9, registration Date: Feb 28, 1864, Location: Przasnysz, Death Date: Feb 27, 1864, Surname: Lewin, Given Name: Chaia Basia, Maiden Name: Rabinowicz, age 46, Father: Uszer, Mother: Laja, Husband: Henoch Lewin, Rabin (Rabbi) and daughter Elka Hudes Walberg.
  2. ^ The State Archive in Lodz /Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi: "Jewish Civil Registry of Aleksandrow Lodzki", 1870, death (akt) #10, age 76, marital status widower, date March 21.
  3. ^ Menashe Shif, צדיקי עולם Everlasting Saints pp. 27-35, Ashdod (2004).