Yisroel ben Eliezer

male, deceased (1760)
Okopy, from Medzhybizh, Mezhbizh Hasidic dynasty, Mezhbizh, Okopy Świętej Trójcy, Medzhybizh…MedzhybizhHasidicDynasty, Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic rebbes
Rabbi Yisroel (Israel) ben Eliezer is considered to be the founder of Hasidic Judaism (see also Mezhbizh Hasidic dynasty). He was born in Okopy, to...