ELIEZER BEN JACOB HA-LEVI (Horovitz) OF TARNOGROD

ELIEZER BEN JACOB HA-LEVI (Horovitz) OF TARNOGROD (d. 1806), rabbi and ḥasidic author. A descendant of a famous rabbinic family, he was a disciple of Elimelech of Lyzhansk, Jacob Isaac of Lublin, and Israel of Kozienice. He wrote No'am Megadim (Lemberg, 1807) and Amarot Tehorot (Warsaw, 1838). According to one of his sayings, even the greatest saint has to hide his own light to avoid the sin of pride. (Adin Steinsaltz)