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| Birthplace |
Lokachi, Volhynia, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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| Died |
1772
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| Place of Death |
Hannopil
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Dov Ber ben Avraham of Mezeritch (Yiddish: דֹּב בֶּער מִמֶּזְרִיטְשְׁ; died December 1772 OS), also known as the Maggid of Mezeritch, was a disciple of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer (the Baal Shem Tov), the founder of Hasidic Judaism, and was chosen as his successor to lead the early movement. Dov Ber is regarded as the first systematic exponent of the mystical philosophy underlying the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov, and through his teaching and leadership, the main architect of the movement. He established his base in Mezhirichi (in Volhynia), which moved the centre of Hasidism from Medzhybizh (in Podolia), where he focused his attention on raising a close circle of disciples to spread the movement. After his death the third generation of leadership took their different interpretations and disseminated across appointed regions of Eastern Europe, rapidly spreading Hasidism beyond Ukraine, to Poland, Galicia and Russia.
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