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Full name
  
Chanokh Heynekh Lewin

Name
  
Chanokh HaKohen

Main work
  
Chashovoh leToivo


Buried
  
Aleksandrow Lodzki

Predecessor
  
Chanokh Heynekh HaKohen Levin

Term
  
June 1866 – 21 March 1870

Father
  
Pinchas Lewin (1765 Lutomiersk – 1837 Lutomiersk)

Died
  
March 21, 1870, Aleksandrow Lodzki, Poland

Place of burial
  
Aleksandrow Lodzki, Poland

Great grandchildren
  
Simcha Bunim Alter, Pinchas Menachem Alter, Yisrael Alter

Children
  
Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter

Grandchildren
  
Avraham Mordechai Alter

Chanokh Heynekh HaKohen Levin (1798 – 21 March 1870) 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.

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Biography

Chanokh Heynekh was one of the leading students of the Rebbe Reb Simcha Bunim of Peshischa. After the latter's death he became one of the most prominent followers of Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Kotzk and the senior disciple of Chidushei haRim. Following the death of the Chidushei haRim in 1866, the bulk of his numerous chasidim chose Rabbi Chanokh Heynekh as the next rebbe.

Chanokh Heynekh served as the Rabbi in the Jewish communities of Aleksander from 1837 (or earlier) till 1853, Nowy Dwór from 1853 to 1859, and Przasnysz from 1859 to 1864 (or 1866). After his tenure In Przasnysz he retired from the rabbinate and settled in Aleksander, where he lived during his period of leadership as rebbe.

His teachings are collected in Chashovoh leToivo (first published in 1929), and are quoted widely.

Rebbes of Ger

  1. Yitzchak Meir Alter (1799–1866)
  2. Chanokh Heynekh HaKohen Levin|Chanoch Henoch of Aleksander (1798–1870)
  3. Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter (1847–1905)
  4. Avraham Mordechai Alter (1866–1948)
  5. Yisrael Alter (1895–1977)
  6. Simcha Bunim Alter (1898–1992)
  7. Pinchas Menachem Alter (1926–1996)
  8. Yaakov Aryeh Alter (b. 1939)

References

Chanokh Heynekh HaKohen Levin Wikipedia


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