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2 unusual facts about Boruch of Medzhybizh


Boruch

Boruch of Medzhybizh (1753–1811), the first major "rebbe" of the Hasidic movement to hold court in Mezhbizh and Beis Medrash

Yisroel Meir Gabbai

In Medzhybizh, Ukraine, burial place of the Baal Shem Tov, Gabbai was instrumental in refurbishing the Baal Shem Tov's grave and ohel, which also covers the graves of the Degel Machaneh Ephraim, the Apter Rav, and Rabbi Boruch of Medzhybizh.



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