Chaim Chaykl of Amdur | |
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| Born | Chaim Chaykl (Chaika) Levin 1730 |
| Died | March 13, 1787 |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Children | Shmuel of Amdur, Dov Ber of Shadlitz, Chana, wife of Moshe Chaikin |
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| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Dov Ber of Mezeritch |
| Successor | Shmuel of Amdur |
| Main work | Chaim V'Chessed |
| Yahrtzeit | 23 Adar |
| Buried | Indura, Belarus |
| Dynasty | Amdur |
Chaim Chaykl (Chaika) Levin of Amdur (Hebrew: חיים חייקל (חייקא) לוין מאמדור; c. 1730 - March 13, 1787), also known as the Amdurer Rebbe, was an 18th-century Hasidic rebbe and author who is amongst the earliest founders of Lithuanian Hasidism. A leading disciple of Dov Ber of Mezeritch, in 1773 he founded the Amdur Hasidic dynasty in Indura, Belarus where he faced fierce opposition from local Misnagdim. Despite this, Chaim Chaykl would go on to lay the foundation for several important Hasidic principles. His Divrei Torah was posthumously published in 1891 in Warsaw under the title "Chaim V'Chesed", which is now an important Hasidic work.