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R. Abraham "the Angel"

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R. Abraham "the Angel": Son and disciple of Rabbi DovBer of Mezeritch and study partner of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi; born in 1740; passed away at age 36 in 1776; known as "the angel" for his saintliness and ascetism.
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The droplet yearns for the source. The spark craves the great fire. Shall we plunge into the sea of Nothingness?
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The 12th of Tishrei is the yahrtzeit (anniversary of the passing) of Rabbi Abraham (1740-1776) the son of Rabbi DovBer of Mezeritch and study partner of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi; known as "Rabbi Abraham the Angel" for his saintliness and ascetism.
I shall hide my face from them… (31:17) Rabbi Avraham 'the Angel' was the only son of Rabbi DovBer, the Maggid of Mezeritch. When Rabbi Avraham was a young child, he once came weeping to his father: He had been playing hide and seek with a friend, sobbed ...
The constellation of Chassidic heroes is crowded with great men. Less well known are the great women, whose influence has rarely been documented.
How Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi discovered a new way to serve G-d
A teaching about the dream of Joseph, invoking the Kabbalistic narrative of the shattered vessels, and using gender to recast the tzaddik's role in the universal hierarchy of the cosmos—with which R. Schneur Zalman’s chassidic path began.
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