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Hillel HaLevi Malisov of Paritch , a levite by birth, commonly known as Reb Hillel Paritcher (1795-1864) was a famous Orthodox Jewish Chabad Rabbi born in Khmilnyk , Ukraine . Specifically, he served as a Mashpia ( Hasidic mentor) and communal rabbi in the towns of Paritch (Parwich Parichi), near Minsk , Russia , and Bobroisk , Belarus . He was considered exceptional in his scholarship and piety, and is referred to as a Tzadik , and even as a "half Rebbe ." He was born in Khmilnyk , Ukraine, but grew up in Chemtz ( which is in the vicinity of Minsk ). Although he was originally a disciple of Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl , he became a disciple of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (though he never saw him) after learning in a “hidden” Tanya without the title page. In 1815 he began to travel regularly to Rabbi Dovber of Lubavitch and, after the latter’s passing, became a disciple of Rabbi Dovber's successor, Rabbi Menachem Mendel .
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Hillel HaLevi Malisov of Paritch , commonly known as Reb Hillel Paritcher ( 1795 - 1864 ) was a famous Orthodox Jewish Chabad Rabbi in Russia. Specifically, he served as a Mashpia ( Hasidic mentor) and communal rabbi in the towns of Paritch (Parwich), near Minsk , Russia , and Bobroisk, Belarus . He was considered exceptional in his scholarship and piety, and is referred to as a Tzadik , and even as a "half Rebbe ." He was born in Khometz , Russia. Although he was originally a disciple of Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl , he became a disciple of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (though he never saw him) after learning in a “hidden” Tanya without the title page. In 1815 he began to travel regularly to Rabbi Dovber of Lubavitch and, after the latter’s passing, became a disciple of Rabbi Dovber's successor, Rabbi Menachem Mendel .
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Edition printed in Vilna 1887 Hillel HaLevi Malisov of Paritch , a levite by birth, commonly known as Reb Hillel Paritcher (1795-1864) was a famous Orthodox Jewish Chabad Rabbi in Russia. Specifically, he served as a Mashpia ( Hasidic mentor) and communal rabbi in the towns of Paritch (Parwich), near Minsk , Russia , and Bobroisk, Belarus . He was considered exceptional in his scholarship and piety, and is referred to as a Tzadik , and even as a "half Rebbe ." He was born in Khometz , Russia. Although he was originally a disciple of Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl , he became a disciple of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (though he never saw him) after learning in a “hidden” Tanya without the title page. In 1815 he began to travel regularly to Rabbi Dovber of Lubavitch and, after the latter’s passing, became a disciple of Rabbi Dovber's successor, Rabbi Menachem Mendel .
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Edition printed in Vilna 1887 Hillel HaLevi Malisov of Paritch , a levite by birth, commonly known as Reb Hillel Paritcher (1795-1864) was a famous Orthodox Jewish Chabad Rabbi in Russia. Specifically, he served as a Mashpia ( Hasidic mentor) and communal rabbi in the towns of Paritch (Parwich), near Minsk , Russia , and Bobroisk, Belarus . He was considered exceptional in his scholarship and piety, and is referred to as a Tzadik , and even as a "half Rebbe ." He was born in Khmilnyk, Ukraine, but grew up in Chemtz ( which is in the vicinity of Minsk). Although he was originally a disciple of Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl , he became a disciple of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (though he never saw him) after learning in a “hidden” Tanya without the title page. In 1815 he began to travel regularly to Rabbi Dovber of Lubavitch and, after the latter’s passing, became a disciple of Rabbi Dovber's successor, Rabbi Menachem Mendel .
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