ABRAHAM DOV BAER OF OVRUCH
- ABRAHAM DOV BAER OF OVRUCH
- ABRAHAM DOV BAER OF OVRUCH (d. 1840), rabbi and ḥasidic
leader in the Ukraine. Abraham succeeded his father David as rabbi of
Khmelnik. He subsequently became rabbi in Ovruch and Zhitomir. He was a
devoted disciple of Nahum of Chernobyl, and after Nahum's death kept in
contact with his son Mordecai. Abraham Dov went to Ereẓ Israel in 1831,
settling in Safed, where he became leader of the Ḥasidim. During the
calamities which struck Safed at that time, caused by Druze attacks and
an earthquake, Abraham organized relief and encouraged the people to
remain. His teachings are recorded in his book Bat Avin
(Jerusalem, 1847).
(Adin Steinsaltz)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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