Menachem Mendel of Rimanov

Menachem Mendel of Rimanov
Tombstone of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Rimanov.
TitleMenachem Mendel of Rimanov
Personal
Born1745
Przytyk, Poland
DiedMay 29, 1815
Rymanów, Poland
ReligionJudaism
SpouseRivke
ChildrenRabbi Nosson Leib, Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov of Bilyi Kamin, Feige, Chana
Parents
  • Yosef Torem (father)
  • Liba Spira (mother)
Jewish leader
SuccessorRebbe Tzvi Hersch HaKohen
Main workMenachem Zion
DynastyRimenov

Menachem Mendel Torem of Rimanov also known as Mendele Rimanover (Alt. spellings: Riminov,[1] Rimanev)[2] (1745–May 29, 1815)[3] was a famous Hasidic Rebbe and one of the first five distributors of the Hasidic movement in Poland and Galicia together with Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin, Rabbi Yisrael Hopstein, Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta, and Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Epstein.[4]

  1. ^ "Rabbi Naftali of Ropshitz". Mendel of Rimanev
  2. ^ "Tarnow, Poland (Pages 201-231)". JewishGen. Menachem Mendel ... of Rimanev
  3. ^ "Today's Yahrtzeits & History - 19 Iyar". Matzav. May 3, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  4. ^ Twerski, Abraham J. Four Chassidic Masters (New York: Artscroll, 2008), 98.