The Zlotchover maggid was the scion of an illustrious family of rabbis and kabbalists from Galicia who lived and operated in the town of Brody and its environs; the maggid’s great-grandfather was R. Moshe of Zvirsh, who died as a martyr without suffering at all by virtue of his communion with God. His son, R. Joseph Spravidliver, was called a “man of truth,” and his wife, “Yenta the Prophet.” Their son,R. Isaac of Derhovitch (DROGOBYCH, a city in the LVOV province) , the father of the Zlotchover maggid, was one of the scholars at the Beit Midrash (study hall) of R. Yozfa in Ostrog and a maggid in the community of Horhov.  Traditions preserved in In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov portray him as a man of intimidating wizardry, endowed with a prophetic spirit and expertise in the Divine names, who did not flinch from a head-on confrontation with R. Isaac Hamburger and his associate, R. Ezekiel Landa, author of Noda Bi-Yehuda. Already during the lifetime of the Zlotchover maggid his origins gained special notice, and one of his most prominent disciple, R. Meshullam Feibush Heller, referred to him as the “son of holy ones, a Tzaddik the son of a Tzaddik.” Like his forefathers, the Zlotchover maggid was also gifted with extraordinary spiritual abilities.  According to his disciple, R. Abraham Joshua of Apta, he was capable of conducting ascents of the soul at will or when so directed from Heaven: “For his Holy Rabbi our Rabbi Yehiel Mikhal of Zlotchov would sleep... either when he wanted to ascend to Heaven, or when Heaven called him to ascend.”  Such ability was ascribed to only two people at the outset of Hasidism, the Ba’al Shem Tov and the Zlotchover maggid.  Similarly, two of his sons - the first-born, R. Joseph of Yampela and the second, Isaac of Radvil - were also blessed with spiritual powers, and their ascents of the soul were widely recognized. R. Joseph of Yampela is quoted to the effect that the Divine spirit had been present in their forefathers’ line for 72 generations.  Admittedly, of the Zlotchover maggid’s five sons, whom he termed the five books of the Torah, only the fourth son, R. Moshe of Zweihil, established a Hasidic court.  However, the rabbis of the Zweihil dynasty, who live in Jerusalem, are known to this day as the “preservers of the holy covenant,”[28] meaning those who preserve the sanctity of the covenantal organ.  This sobriquet is a reminder of the tradition whereby the Tzaddikim of the Zlotchov dynasty have the capacity to correct the sexual transgressions of their fellows, such as the spilling of seed.  In Lurianic kabbalah this sin is deemed to delay the redemption, a misdeed which only the Messiah can correct. The appellation of the rabbis of the house of Zweihil, therefore, alludes to the special supernatural status ascribed for over two hundred years to descendants of the house of Zlotchov. The Zlotchover maggid was born in Brody in around the year 1726.  The first position he held was that of maggid in the town of Kluk, and according to In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov during this period he was a disciple of the Besht.  From Kluk he accepted the nomination of maggid in the town of Zlotchov, where he grew famous.  At the end of his life he was “received” in Yampela, a small town in the Ukraine, which surely did not befit his intellectual prowess or stature in the view of his disciples. The reasons for this descent have never been completely clarified, but his son, R. Isaac of Radvil, hints that his father was so embittered that he sought to take leave of the world. Throughout the years of his wandering the Zlotchover maggid’s activity was centered in Brody, the town of his birth, in eastern Galicia on the Ukrainian border.  Brody was a major Jewish hub in economic and cultural terms, and won repute as a town of Talmudic scholars and Jewish legal experts.  It was also known as a center of kabbalistic study by virtue of the members in its “Kloize”, who adopted kabbalistic customs. The reputation garnered by the Kloize reflected the considerable interest in kabbalah among all the towns of Eastern Galicia and the Ukraine. Read complete article

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R' Yechiel Michel - The Zlotschover Maggid

Known for his saintly lifestyle and ability to inspire, R' Yechiel Michel was a renowned and scholarly speaker who always began his religious discourse with the words "I admonish not only you, but myself as well." A talented and inspired baal menagen (composer or musician) as well, he captured the heart of all who heard him sing. He was the author of "Teufot Harim".

The Zlatchover Maggid was largely responsible for introducing Chassidus to the Jews of Galicia. He founded a multi-branched dynasty and had numerous prestigious students. Foremost among them were Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta, also known as the Ohev Yisrael, and Rebbe Mordechai of Neshchiz, known as the Rishpei Aish.

Zlotschover Niggun

R' Yechiel Michel composed a niggun (wordless chant) known as the famous Zlotschover Niggun after an incident that took place at the deathbed of the Baal Shem Tov.

As the family gathered around him for the final moments of his life in this world, the Baal Shem Tov asked the Zlotschover Maggid to sing his niggun. After hearing it the Baal Shem Tov promised that whenever that niggun is sung here in this world, he would listen and help from the World to Come, and then he died.
The niggun is chanted to this day at solemn and joyous occasions of the Zvhiller family, as well as on the High Holydays and at sholosh seudos on Shabbos afternoon, in commemoration of the time at which the Zlotschover Maggid was niftar - during sholosh seudos on Shabbos afternoon, the 25th of Ellul in 1786.

FAMILY TREE

Ancestors

The family were decendants of the famous Chayut family.  The Zlotchover Maggid's

• Father:  R'  Yitzchok M'Drohobic 
• Grandfather:  R' Yoseph Sproidlyer of Pistin (died in Israel), 
• Great Grandfather: R'  Moshe of Zvirech,
• GG Grandfather was R Yitzchak Chayut (d.1585)*  (R Yitzchak Chayut's father-in-law was also the father-in-law of the Maharal of Prague.  This account is from the book "Otzar Harabanim" by Friedman. 

Descendants

R Yechiel Michel had 5 sons, and at least 1 daughter. His daughter married R' David of Stefan, a descendant of the "Taz", R' David Segel.  R David of Stefan was himself a Rebbe.  

R Yechiel Michel used to call his 5 sons his 5 books of Torah.  

• 1. R' Yoseph of Ampal (1812), 
• 2. R' Yitzchak of Radvil (1744 - 1835), 
• 3. R'  Binyamin of Zbariz (d. 1822), 
• 4. R' Mordechai of Kremnitz (1755 - 1820), 
• 5. R' Moshe of Zvhil (d . 1831). R' Moshe was the first   Zvhiller Rebbe.  Source  
• Zlotshov Hasidic Dynasty

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R' Yechiel Michel I=

Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov was born in Brody, Galicia in 1721n and died in Yampol, Volhynia in 1786.
He was a Chassidic leader, student of the Baal Shem Tov.

Rabbi Yechiel Michel's father , Rabbi Yitzchak of Drohobitch, initially an opponent of Chasidisim, became an ardent admirer of the Baal Shem Tov. Young Yechiel Michel received instruction from the Baal Shem Tov, becoming one of his most prominent disciples. After the Baal Shem Tov's passing, R' Yechiel Michel became a student of the Maggid of Mezritch. A master of homiletics and a spellbinding orator, he was a much sought-after preacher and lecturer.

The Zlotchover Maggid was largely responsible for introducing Chasidism to the Jews of Galicia. He suffered much from the mitnagdim who opposed the "new sect," judging it dangerous and heretic. In the wake of excommunication and book burnings directed against chasidim, he was forced to move from town to town, serving as maggid in the Galician communities of Brody, Alek, and Zlotchov, finally finding refuge in Yampol in Volhynia, the cradle of Chasidism.

Rabbi Yechiel Michel had one daughter and five sons, all eminent Torah scholars. Chasidim call them the Maggid's five chumashim (Books of the Torah). Although he did not write any books himself, his thoughts and perspectives have been compiled into a work entitled Mayim Rabim. He founded a multi-branched dynasty and had numerous prestigious students, foremost among them were Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta, also known as the Oheiv Yisrael, and Rabbi Mordechai of Neshchiz, know as the Rishpei Eish. According to the family tradition he was a descendant of the Chajes Chayut Hayot family, grandsons of RASHI

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According to Jewish tradition, while Heaven is more pure, life in this world is the central focus. Men come here to be fixed and made whole.

The Heavenly Court is governed by tzaddikim who have died recently. They replace other righteous men, tzaddikim who've been in Heaven too long to remember the reality of struggle in this world. Once Rebbe Michel Zlotchever passed away, he was called to judge on the Heavenly Court. As soon as he took his place, he came down harshly on all those he had to review.

"How could you do such wrong?" he yelled at them. Finally, one of the tzaddikim on earth realized what was happening and began to complain: "You can't appoint, as a judge, a man who has never sinned! What does the Zlotchever know of the hardships of Moishe the Water Carrier? He comes from a family that for thirteen generations made no mistakes."

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Yechiel Michel The Maggid of Zlotchov Project Discussion

Note by Mendy Elishevitz:

the bio below is actually a confused mix of biographies of 2 different people.

I. Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zlochov (רבי יחיאל מיכל מזלוטשוב), son of Rabbi Yitzchok of Drohovitz (רבי יצחק מדרוהוביץ), son of Rabbi Yosef "Ish-Emes", son of Rabbi Moshe of Svirzh (רבי משה מסווירז'). The year of birth and passing listed here are his. His wife's name is Rechil.

(1726 - 1786)

II. רבי יחיאל מיכל מדרוהוביץ (married to Malka daugher of רבי מרדכי מטשרנוביל.) R' Yechiel Michel was the son of Rabbi Yitzchok of of Kalus (רבי יצחק מקאלוס) son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch of Mezhibuzh. Rabbi Yitzchok was the son of Rabbi Yosef of Yampli (רבי יוסף מיאפלי) who was the eldest son of Rabbi Yechiel Michel I of Zlochov. Much of the family connected to this profile (e.g. mother and wife) belong to this person.

I hope a Geni Pro member could reorganize this part of the tree. Meanwhile, I added headers below to divdide the parts that these two Rabbis.]

R' Yechiel Michel II

Rabbi Yisrael "Baal Shem Tov" / רבי ישראל בעל שם טוב is Rabbi Yechiel Mechil, Magid of Zlotchov / רבי יחיאל מיכל המגיד מזלאטשוב's second great grandfather by his grandson Rabbi Baruch Ashkenazi.

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R' Yechiel Michel - The Zlotschover Maggid was known for his saintly lifestyle and ability to inspire as a renowned and scholarly speaker who always began his religious discourse with the words "I admonish not only you, but myself as well." A talented and inspired baal menagen (composer or musician) as well, he captured the heart of all who heard him sing.

He composed a niggun (wordless chant) known as the famous Zlotschover Niggun after an incident that took place at the deathbed of the Baal Shem Tov.

As the family gathered around him for the final moments of his life in this world, the Baal Shem Tov asked the Zlotschover Maggid to sing his niggun. After hearing it the Baal Shem Tov promised that whenever that niggun is sung here in this world, he would listen and help from the World to Come, and then he died.

The niggun is chanted to this day at solemn and joyous occasions of the Zvhiller family, as well as on the High Holydays and at sholosh seudos on Shabbos afternoon, in commemoration of the time at which the Zlotschover Maggid was niftar - during sholosh seudos on Shabbos afternoon, the 25th of Ellul in 1786.

The Zlotschover Maggid, R' Yechiel Michel, had five sons (whom he referred to as "my chamisha chumshai Torah" (my five Books of the Torah) who were replete with Torah and chassidus, each of whom became Rebbe in a different place. They were:

• 1. R' Yosef of Yampola,
• 2. R' Mordechai of Kremnitz,
• 3. R' Yitzchok of Radvil,
• 4. R' Binyomin of Zbariz
• 5. R' Moshe of Zvhil, the first Zvhiller Rebbe.

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<p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;"><a class="external" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1166bb; outline-width: medium; outline-style: none; outline-color: invert;" href="http://www.jewish-studies.info/first-tzaddik.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">The Zlotchover maggid</strong></a> was the scion of an illustrious family of rabbis and kabbalists from Galicia who lived and operated in the town of Brody and its environs; the maggid’s great-grandfather was <strong style="font-weight: bold;">R. Moshe of Zvirsh,</strong> who died as a martyr without suffering at all by virtue of his communion with God. His son, <strong style="font-weight: bold;">R. Joseph Spravidliver</strong>, was called a “man of truth,” and his wife, <strong style="font-weight: bold;">“Yenta the Prophet.”</strong> Their son,<strong style="font-weight: bold;">R. Isaac of Derhovitch</strong> (DROGOBYCH, a city in the LVOV province) , the father of the Zlotchover maggid, was one of the scholars at the Beit Midrash (study hall) of R. Yozfa in Ostrog and a maggid in the community of Horhov.  Traditions preserved in <em style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;">In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov</em> portray him as a man of intimidating wizardry, endowed with a prophetic spirit and expertise in the Divine names, who did not flinch from a head-on confrontation with R. Isaac Hamburger and his associate, R. Ezekiel Landa, author of Noda Bi-Yehuda. Already during the lifetime of the Zlotchover maggid his origins gained special notice, and one of his most prominent disciple, R. Meshullam Feibush Heller, referred to him as the “son of holy ones, a Tzaddik the son of a Tzaddik.” Like his forefathers, the Zlotchover maggid was also gifted with extraordinary spiritual abilities.  According to his disciple, <strong style="font-weight: bold;">R. Abraham Joshua of Apta,</strong> he was capable of conducting ascents of the soul at will or when so directed from Heaven: “For his Holy Rabbi our Rabbi Yehiel Mikhal of Zlotchov would sleep... either when he wanted to ascend to Heaven, or when Heaven called him to ascend.”  Such ability was ascribed to only two people at the outset of Hasidism, the Ba’al Shem Tov and the Zlotchover maggid.  Similarly, two of his sons - the first-born, <strong style="font-weight: bold;">R. Joseph of Yampela and the second, Isaac of Radvil</strong> - were also blessed with spiritual powers, and their ascents of the soul were widely recognized. R. Joseph of Yampela is quoted to the effect that the Divine spirit hadbeen present in their forefathers’ line for 72 generations.  Admittedly, of the Zlotchover maggid’s five sons, whom he termed the five books of the Torah, only the fourth son, <strong style="font-weight: bold;">R. Moshe of Zweihil</strong>, established a Hasidic court.  However, the rabbis of the Zweihil dynasty, who live in Jerusalem, are known to this dayas the “preservers of the holy covenant,”[28] meaning those who preserve the sanctity of the covenantal organ.  This sobriquet is a reminder of the tradition whereby the Tzaddikim ofthe Zlotchov dynasty have the capacity to correct the sexual transgressions of their fellows, such as the spilling of seed.  In Lurianic kabbalah this sin is deemed to delay the redemption, a misdeed which only the Messiah can correct. The appellation of the rabbis of the house of Zweihil, therefore, alludes to the special supernatural status ascribed for over two hundred years to descendants of the house of Zlotchov. The Zlotchover maggid was born in Brody in around the year 1726.  The first position he held was that of maggid in the town of Kluk, and according to In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov during this period he was a disciple of the Besht.  From Kluk he accepted the nomination of maggid in the town of Zlotchov, where he grew famous.  At the end of his life he was“received” in Yampela, a small town in the Ukraine, which surely did not befit his intellectual prowess or stature in the view of his disciples. The reasons for this descent have never been completely clarified, but his son, R. Isaac of Radvil, hints that his father was so embittered that he sought to take leave of the world. Throughout the years of his wandering the Zlotchover maggid’s activity was centered in Brody, the town of his birth, in eastern Galicia on the Ukrainian border.  Brody was a major Jewish hub in economic and cultural terms, and won repute as a town of Talmudic scholars and Jewish legal experts.  It was also known as a center of kabbalistic study by virtue of the members in its<strong style="font-weight: bold;"> “Kloize”</strong>, who adopted kabbalistic customs. The reputation garnered by the Kloize reflected the considerable interest in kabbalah among all the towns of Eastern Galicia and the Ukraine. <a class="external" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1166bb; outline-width: medium; outline-style: none; outline-color: invert;" href="http://www.jewish-studies.info/first-tzaddik.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><em style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;">Read complete article</em></a></p> <blockquote style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">rgin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">

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He was the author of "Teufot Harim".</p> <p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;"><a class="external" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1166bb; outline-width: medium; outline-style: none; outline-color: invert;" href="http://heichalhanegina.blogspot.com/2006/09/niggun-that-saved-soul-..." rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">The Zlatchover Maggid</strong></a> was largely responsible for introducing Chassidus to the Jews of Galicia. He founded a multi-branched dynasty and had numerous prestigious students. Foremost among them were <strong style="font-weight: bold;">Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta</strong>, also known as the Ohev Yisrael,and<strong style="font-weight: bold;"> Rebbe Mordechai of Neshchiz,</strong> known as the Rishpei Aish.</p> <h2 id="Zlotschover-Niggun" style="white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #666666; padding-bottom: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 0.5em; font: bold 15px/1.5em Arial,Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; letter-spacing: normal; padding-right: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Zlotschover Niggun</h2>ormal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">R' Yechiel Michel composed a niggun (wordless chant) known as the famous <strong style="font-weight: bold;">Zlotschover Niggun</strong> after an incident that took place at the deathbed of the Baal Shem Tov.</p> <blockquote style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">t-weight: normal; font-style: italic;">As the family gathered around him for the final moments of his life in this world, the Baal Shem Tov asked the Zlotschover Maggid to sing his niggun. After hearing it the Baal Shem Tov promised that whenever that niggun is sung here in this world, he would listen and help from the World to Come, and then he died.</em></p> </blockquote>33333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;"><em style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;">The niggun is chanted to this day at solemn and joyous occasions of the Zvhiller family, as well as on the High Holydays and at sholosh seudos on Shabbos afternoon, in commemoration of the time at which the Zlotschover Maggid was niftar - during sholosh seudos on Shabbos afternoon, the 25th of Ellul in 1786.</em></p> </blockquote>33333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">uote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">nt: bold 16px/1.5em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; letter-spacing: -1px; padding-right: 0px;">FAMILY TREE</h1>quote>elvetica, sans-serif; padding-left: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; letter-spacing: normal; padding-right: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Ancestors</h2>-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">The family were decendants of the famous Chayut family.  The Zlotchover Maggid's</p> <ul style="list-style-type: none; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">; padding-top: 2px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-right: 0px;">Father:  R'  Yitzchok M'Drohobic </li>ttom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-right: 0px;">Grandfather:  R' Yoseph Sproidlyer of Pistin (died in Israel), </li>: disc; color: #444444; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-right: 0px;">Great Grandfather: R'  Moshe of Zvirech,</li>e-type: disc; color: #444444; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-right: 0px;">GG Grandfather was R Yitzchak Chayut (d.1585)*  (R Yitzchak Chayut's father-in-law was also the father-in-law of the Maharal of Prague.  This account is from the book "Otzar Harabanim" by Friedman. </li>normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; color: #666666; padding-bottom: 0px; text-align: left; padding-top: 0.5em; font: bold 15px/1.5em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; letter-spacing: normal; padding-right: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Descendants</h2>eight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">R Yechiel Michel had 5 sons, and at least 1 daughter. His daughter married R' David of Stefan, a descendant of the "Taz", R' David Segel.  R David of Stefan was himself a Rebbe.  </p> <p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">R Yechiel Michel used to call his<strong style="font-weight: bold;"> 5 sons</strong> his 5 books of Torah.  </p> <ul style="list-style-type: none; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">; padding-top: 2px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-right: 0px;">1. R' Yoseph of Ampal (1812), </li>dding-top: 2px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-right: 0px;">2. R' Yitzchak of Radvil (1744 - 1835), </li>px; padding-top: 2px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-right: 0px;">3. R'  Binyamin of Zbariz (d. 1822), </li>ottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-right: 0px;">4. R' Mordechai of Kremnitz (1755 - 1820), </li>padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-right: 0px;">5. R' Moshe of Zvhil (d . 1831).</li>vetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">R' Moshe was the first <a class="external" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1166bb; outline-width: medium; outline-style: none; outline-color: invert;" href="http://www.rebbe.org/rebbes.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">  <strong style="font-weight: bold;">Zvhiller Rebbe</strong></a>. <a class="external" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1166bb; outline-width: medium; outline-style: none; outline-color: invert;" href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/soc.genealogy.j..." rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> <em style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic;">Source</em></a>  </p> <ul style="list-style-type: none; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">; padding-top: 2px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 30px; padding-right: 0px;"><a class="external" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1166bb; outline-width: medium; outline-style: none; outline-color: invert;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlotshov" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Zlotshov Hasidic Dynasty</strong></a></li><blockquote style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">rgin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">

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</p> </blockquote>ansform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1em; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">: 0px 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;">5555; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; font: bold 16px/1.5em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; letter-spacing: -1px; padding-right: 0px;">R' Yechiel MichelI</h1>nsform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov was born in Brody, Galicia in 1721n and died in Yampol, Volhynia in 1786. He was a Chassidic leader, student of the Baal Shem Tov.</p> <p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">Rabbi Yechiel Michel's father , Rabbi Yitzchak of Drohobitch, initially anopponent of Chasidisim, became an ardent admirer of the Baal Shem Tov. Young Yechiel Michel received instruction from the Baal Shem Tov, becoming one of his most prominent disciples. After the Baal Shem Tov's passing, R' Yechiel Michel became a student of the Maggid of Mezritch. A master of homiletics and a spellbinding orator, he was a much sought-after preacher and lecturer.</p> <p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">The Zlotchover Maggid was largely responsible for introducing Chasidism tothe Jews of Galicia. He suffered much from the mitnagdim who opposed the "new sect," judging it dangerous and heretic. In the wake of excommunication and book burnings directed against chasidim, he was forced to move from town to town, serving as maggid in the Galician communities of Brody, Alek, and Zlotchov, finally finding refuge in Yampol in Volhynia, the cradle of Chasidism.</p> <p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">Rabbi Yechiel Michel had one daughter and five sons, all eminent Torah scholars. Chasidim call them the Maggid's five chumashim (Books of the Torah). Although he did not write any books himself, his thoughts and perspectives have been compiled into a work entitled Mayim Rabim. He founded a multi-branched dynasty and had numerous prestigious students, foremost among them were Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta, also known as the Oheiv Yisrael, and Rabbi Mordechai of Neshchiz, know as the Rishpei Eish. According to the family tradition he was a descendant of the Chajes Chayut Hayot family, grandsons of RASHI</p> <p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">--------------------------</p> <p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">According to Jewish tradition, while Heaven is more pure, life in this world is the central focus. Men come here to be fixed and made whole.</p> <p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">The Heavenly Court is governed by tzaddikim who have died recently. They replace other righteous men, tzaddikim who've been in Heaven too long to remember the reality of struggle in this world. Once Rebbe Michel Zlotchever passed away, he was called to judge on the HeavenlyCourt. As soon as he took his place, he came down harshly on all those he had to review.</p> <p style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;">"How could you do such wrong?" he yelled at them. Finally, one of the tzaddikim on earth realized what was happening and began to complain: "You can't appoint, as a judge, a man who has never sinned! What does the Zlotchever know of the hardships of Moishe the Water Carrier? He comes from a family that for thirteen generations made no mistakes."</p> <hr class="wikitext-hr" style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 12px; border-top: #dddddd 1px solid; height: 0px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; border-right: medium none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; border-bottom: #ffffff 1px solid; text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; border-image: initial;" />text-transform: none; font-weight: 400; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 10px 0px 15px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; padding: 0px;"><a class="external" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1166bb; outline-width: medium; outline-style: none; outline-color: invert;" href="http://www.jewish-studies.info/4.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.jewish-studies.info/4.htm</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;" dir="ltr"> </p>

לפי המקובל, היו אבותיו של רבי יחיאל מיכל צדיקים נסתרים ולפי מסורת המשפחה, 72 דורות היו אבותיהם בעלי רוח הקודש. אביו היה רבי יצחק מדרוהוביץ', תלמידו של הבעל שם טוב. אביו של רבי יצחק היה רבי יוסף מפיסטין שכונה "רבי יוסף איש אמת". אמו של רבי יצחק הייתה יענטה שכונתה "יענטה הנביאה". אביו של רבי יוסף היה רבי משה מסווירז'. סבו של רבי משה היה רבי יצחק חיות (רח"צ - ש"ע), רבה של פראג, גיסו של המהר"ל מפראג, ומחבר ספר "אפי רברבי". רבי יצחק היה מיוחס לרש"י ולדוד המלך‏[2].

עיקרי תורתו של ר' יחיאל מיכל נשמרו בכתבי תלמידיו, המשמשים מקור להכרת שיטתו בחסידות. מקור נוסף הם כתבי מתנגדי החסידות, בעיקר 'שבר פושעים', אשר לא פעם נקב בשמו של ר' יחיאל מיכל וחשף את זהותו, במקום שהכתבים החסידיים הסתירוה.[24] מידע חשוב מצוי גם בשבחי הבעש"ט, שבו נשתמרה מסורת מהימנה על משפחתו של ר' יחיאל מיכל. צירוף המקורות הללו מאפשר לשרטט קווים לתולדות בית זלוטשוב ולקורות חייו של ר' יחיאל מיכל.

ר' יחיאל מיכל היה נצר למשפחה מיוחסת[25] מגליציה, שחיה ופעלה בעיירה ברודי ובסביבותיה. במסורות המשפחה מיוחסת ראשית השושלת לר' יצחק חיות, (רצ"ח--ש"ע 1610--1538) תלמיד חכם מפראג, שמשפחתו מתייחסת אל רש"י ואל דוד המלך.[26] בשם ר' יוסף מימפלא, בכור בניו של ר' יחיאל מיכל, מובא כי שבעים ושניים דורות לא פסקה רוח הקודש מבית אבותיהם.[27] ואף שקשה להבחין במסורות אלה בין עובדות היסטוריות לבין סיפורי שבחים, חשוב לציין כי לא נוצרו בדיעבד: מוצאו של ר' יחיאל מיכל זכה לציון מיוחד כבר בחייו בקרב תלמידיו, שביקשו לקשור את בית זלוטשוב למסורת מהימנה ומקודשת. הערכה זו באה לביטוי בכינוי 'בן של קדושים צדיק בן צדיק'[28] שמכנה אותו תלמידו, ר' משולם פייבוש הלר.

אבי סבו של ר' יחיאל מיכל היה ר' משה מזווירש, שלפי מסורת המשפחה הומת על קידוש השם ולא חש בייסורי העינויים מפאת דבקותו באל.[29] בנו היה ר' יוסף ספראווידליווער, שכונה 'איש אמת'. ר' יוסף ספראווידליווער הצליח במקום שבו נכשל הבעש"ט: לפי המסופר, עלה לארץ ישראל בעוד הבעש"ט נאלץ לשוב על עקבותיו.[30] זוגתו כונתה בשם 'יענטא הנביאה', משום ששמעה לטענתה קולות מעולמות עליונים. בנם, ר' יצחק מדרהוביטש, אביו של ר' יחיאל מיכל, היה מבטלני בית המדרש של ר' יוזפא באוסטרהא[31] ומגיד מישרים בקהילת הורחוב. בגמרא, 'בטלן' הוא מי שהציבור מפרנסו כדי שיהיה פנוי ללמוד תורה,[32] ובבתי המדרש של העיירות הגדולות במזרח אירופה התייחד הכינוי לאנשי הלכה ותלמידי חכמים מובהקים, שעשירי הקהילה התחייבו לפרנסם כדי שילמדו תורה באופן קבוע. מכאן, שר' יצחק מדרהוביטש היה איש הלכה ולמדן מובהק, כשם שהיה מקובל, מיודעי חכמת הנסתר

יחיאל מיכל מזלוטשוב נולד ה'תפ"ו נפטר כ"ה באלול ה'תקמ"ו המכונה "המגיד מזלוטשוב" היה מתלמידי הבעל שם טוב והמגיד ממזריטש. נולד בברודי לאביו, רבי יצחק מדרוהוביטש, אשר התנגד תחילה לבעל שם טוב, אולם אחר כך הפך למעריצו ושלח אליו את בנו הצעיר , יחיאל מיכל היה תלמידו ואף שימש אותו שנים אחדות.

סבו היה רבי יוסף ספראווידליוור רב בפיסטין רבי יוסף מפיסטין כונה "רבי יוסף איש אמת". אמו של רבי יצחק הייתה יענטה שכונתה "יענטה הנביאה". אביו של רבי יוסף היה רבי משה מסווירז'. סבו של רבי משה היה רבי יצחק חיות (רצ"ח - ש"ע), רבה של פראג, גיסו של המהר"ל מפראג, ומחבר ספר "אפי רברבי". רבי יצחק היה מיוחס לרש"י ולדוד המלך‏ אבי סבו היה רבי משה רב בזבריש.

נישא למרים בת רבי מאיר פופריש.

לאחר פטירת הבעל שם טוב למד רבי יחיאל מיכל אצל המגיד ממזריטש. הצטיין בכשרון דרשני רב, ושמו יצא לתהילה כמוכיח ומגיד. הוא נעשה כמגיד מישרים בקהילות ברודי, קאלק, זלוטשוב ויאמפולי. באחרית ימיו זכה רבי מיכל לעשירות ואמר כי העשירות מרחיבה דעתו של אדם לעבודת ה'. שימש כמגיד בזלוטשוב עד פטירתו ביאמפולי המגיד מזלאטשוב לא חיבר ספרים, אולם בניו ותלמידיו מרבים לצטט את דבריו בספריהם.

על פי מסורת משפחתית ר' יחיאל מיכל היה נצר למשפחה מיוחסת מגליציה, שחיה ופעלה בעיירה ברודי ובסביבותיה. במסורות המשפחה מיוחסת ראשית השושלת לר' יצחק חיות, (רצ"ח--ש"ע 1610--1538) תלמיד חכם מפראג, שמשפחתו מתייחסת אל רש"י ואל דוד המלך.

בשם ר' יוסף מימפלא, בכור בניו של ר' יחיאל מיכל, מובא כי שבעים ושניים דורות לא פסקה רוח הקודש מבית אבותיהם ואף שקשה להבחין במסורות אלה בין עובדות היסטוריות לבין סיפורי שבחים, חשוב לציין כי לא נוצרו בדיעבד: מוצאו של ר' יחיאל מיכל זכה לציון מיוחד כבר בחייו בקרב תלמידיו, שביקשו לקשור את בית זלוטשוב למסורת מהימנה ומקודשת. הערכה זו באה לביטוי בכינוי 'בן של קדושים צדיק בן צדיק' שמכנה אותו תלמידו, ר' משולם פייבוש הלר. תלמידים נוספים היו רבי חיים טירר הידוע על שם ספרו "באר מים חיים", ורבי דוד שלמה אייבשיץ הידוע על שם ספרו "לבושי שרד

לר' ברוך היו רק בנות, לכן לאחר מותו את מקומו במז'יבוז' תפס חתנו רבי יצחק מיאמפולי בן רבי יוסף מיאמפולי ומקומו בטולצ'ין חתנו רבי דוב בער בן רבי שלמה מקרלין (ואחריו בנו רבי שלמה). חתנו הנוסף היה רבי יעקב פנחס אוירבך מלטיטשוב נכדו של רבי יעקב יוסף מפולנאה.

   בנו של רבי יצחק היה רבי יחיאל מיכל מדרוהוביטש חתנו של רבי מרדכי טברסקי מצ'רנוביל.

   רבי שמאי, נכדו של רבי יחיאל מיכל (בן רבי יוסף), כיהן כרב במז'יבוז' 26 שנה. היה חתנו של רבי דב נינו של רבי לוי יצחק מברדיצ'ב. מחתניו היה רבי מנחם מנדל מדמיטש בנו של רבי דוד מזבלטוב. נפטר בכ"ו בחשוון תרס"ג.

   בנו רבי יחיאל מיכל חתן קרובו רבי מרדכי קוסטינר (נכד רבי יצחק מיאמפולה וחתן רבי יוסף משה ממז'יבוז') כיהן אחריו כרב במז'יבוז'.

   אחרי רבי יחיאל מיכל כיהן בנו רבי ברוך (חתן רבי אהרן מברזנה) שעלה לתל אביב.

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