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Rabbi
Yehudah HaChassid Rabbi
Yehudah HaChassid was one of the main teachers of the ‘Chassidei
Ashkenaz’ and one of the most profound ethical teachers who ever lived. He
was the author-editor of Sefer Chassidim, a profound ethical/halachic
treatise which has come down to us in two separate editions. The book has
achieved great popularity and has been reprinted many times. Rav
Yehudah’s father, Shmuel, was a saintly and renowned Rosh Yeshiva in
Speyer, and Rav Yehudah studied under him. His contemporaries said of him: ‘Had he lived in the times of the prophets, he would have been a prophet; in the time of the tannaim, he would have been a tanna; in the time of the amoraim, an amora ...’ A.S. The above graphic includes photographs that were provided by VERAfilm archives.
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