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Biography of Reb Itche der Masmid

Yitzchok Horowitz, more commonly known as Reb Itche der Masmid, was a famous Orthodox Jewish Rabbi in pre-war Europe. Specifically, he served as a Mashpia, Hasidic mentor. He was born to Shlomo Menachem Mendel and Elka Horowitz in the city of Bereznehuvate, in the Kherson Governorate.^[1] Jewish agricultural settlement in the Kherson area had been encouraged by the second Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Dovber Shneuri. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Chabad Lubavitch, also known as Lubavitch Chabad, is a large branch of Hasidic Judaism. ... Portrait of Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812) founder of Chabad Lubavitch and author of Tanya and Shulchan Aruch HaRav. ... Dovber Schneuri or Der Mitteler Rebbe (The Middle Rebbe in Yiddish) (1773 — 1827) was the second Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. ... 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Refinement of character

Reb Itche earned the appellation "Masmid" (which refers to a highly assiduous Torah scholar) in his early youth, when he would study till very late at night.^[2] He continued this assiduity throughout his life. He struggled to refine himself in a superhuman way that aroused wonder in all who saw him.^[3]

It was said that he attained the level described in the Tanya of Beinoni, one whose every thought, speech, and action is consistent with the Code of Jewish Law.^[4] Likkutei Amarim ( ליקוטי אמרים תניא, Hebrew, collection of statements), more commonly known as the Tanya, is an early work of Hasidic Judaism, written by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty, in 1797 CE. The name Tanya derives from the books first word, which is Aramaic... The Shulchan Aruch (Hebrew: שולחן ערוך, literally: Set Table) is a codex, or written catalogue, of halacha (Jewish law), composed by Rabbi Yosef Karo in the 16th century. ...

It was his custom to pray for many hours, according to the Chabad tradition of prayer. However, he surpassed his colleagues by praying until five in the afternoon! ^[5]

Public role

He served as an emissary (shaliach) of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Dov Ber Schneersohn (the Rebbe Rashab), and of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (the Rebbe Rayatz). He traveled throughout Europe and encourage the Hasidim and other Jews he met to increase in their observance of Judaism and the Hasidic lifestyle.^[6] Shaliach (Hebrew: שָלִיחַ; plural שְלִיחִים, shlichim or Shliach plural Shluchim), in Judaism, is the concept of an emissary. ...

Communist persecution

In 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution occurred in Russia; within a short time, virtually any kind of formal Jewish education was outlawed by the new Communist regime. Anyone committing this "crime" was in danger of imprisonment and execution, and many young rabbis suffered this fate. Reb Itche continued his work to strengthen Jewish observance despite this danger, and survived this period. Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ... Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. ...

Wider Influence

His influence reached outside the ranks of Chabad hasidism as well, most notably to Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler of the Mussar movement, leading Dessler to include many ideas from Hasidic philosophy in his writings. ^[7] Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler ([ [ 1892]]-[[30 diciembre ] ] [ [ 1953 ] ]) era un influyente [ [ juda�smo ortodoxo|Jud�o ortodoxo ] ] [ [ rabbi ] ], [ [ erudito de Talmud]]ic, y fil�sofo jud�o del vig�simo siglo. ... The Hebrew term mussar, while literally derived from a word meaning tradition, usually refers to Jewish ethics in general, or (and more commonly) refers to the Jewish ethics education movement that developed in the 19th century Orthodox Jewish European community. ...

Demise

He was slain by the Nazis on 10 Kislev, 5702 (30 November, 1941). They brought him and numerous other Jews into a synagogue, poured gasoline on it, and set it ablaze, burning everyone alive.^[8] The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... A synagogue (from Ancient Greek: , transliterated synagogē, assembly; Hebrew: ‎ beit knesset, house of assembly; Yiddish: , shul; Ladino: , esnoga) is a Jewish place of religious worship. ...

Footnotes

1. ^ Yiras Hashem Otzaro, Yisroel Alfenbein, Israel, 2005, p. 20.
2. ^ ibid., p. 23.
3. ^ ibid., p. 28
4. ^ ibid., p. 30
5. ^ ibid., p. 61
6. ^ ibid., p. 95
7. ^ ibid., pp. 247-248
8. ^ ibid., p. 279

See also

Hebrew Article on Itche der Masmid