Yechezkel Levenstein, known as Reb Chatzkel, (1895 - 18 Adar

Adar

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 1974), was the mashgiach ruchani

Mashgiach ruchani

Mashgiach ruchani or mashgiach for short, means a spiritual supervisor or guide. It is a title which usually refers to a rabbi who has an official position within a yeshiva and is responsible for the non-academic areas of yeshiva students' lives.The position of mashgiach ruchani arose with the...

 of the Mir yeshiva

Mir yeshiva (Poland)

The Mir yeshiva , commonly known as the Mirrer Yeshiva or The Mir, was a Haredi yeshiva located in the town of Mir, Russian Empire...

, in Mir, Belarus

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 and during the yeshiva's flight to Lithuania

Lithuania

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 and on to Shanghai

Shanghai

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 due to the invasion of Poland

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 by Nazi Germany

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 in World War II

World War II

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. He was a leader of several yeshiva

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s in Europe

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, America

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, and Israel

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, and raised several generations of Torah

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-observant Jewry.

Rabbi Levenstein was born in Warsaw

Warsaw

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. His mother died when he was just five years old. He studied in the yeshiva in Łomża, where he was imbued with mussar

Mussar movement

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, then in Raduń Yeshiva

Radun Yeshiva

Raduń Yeshiva, originally located in Raduń, Poland , was established by the Chofetz Chaim in 1869.-Origins:In 1869 when the Chofetz Chaim returned from Vashilyshok to Raduń his first action was to establish a group to whom he could spread the knowledge of Torah...

 under the Chofetz Chaim

Yisrael Meir Kagan

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 and the famous mashgiach Rav Yeruchom Levovitz, and finally in Kelm

Kelm Talmud Torah

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.

Works

• Or Yechezkel a work of musar
  Musar literature
  Musar literature is the term used for didactic Jewish ethical literature which describes virtues and vices and the path towards perfection in a methodical way.- Definition of Musar literature :...