Levi Isaac ben Meir

Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (Levi Yitzchok Derbarmdiger (compassionate in Yiddish) or Rosakov) (1740–1809), also known as the holy Berdichever, and the Kedushas Levi, was a Hasidic master and Jewish leader. He was the rabbi of Ryczywół, Żelechów, Pinsk and Berdychiv, for which he is best known. He was one of the main disciples of the Maggid of Mezritch, and of his disciple Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg, whom he succeeded as rabbi of Ryczywół. He is also the great-grandfather of Israeli artist Isaac Frenkel Frenel.

Levi Yitzchok was known as the "defense attorney" for the Jewish people ("Sneiguron Shel Yisroel"), because he would intercede on their behalf before God. Known for his compassion for every Jew, he was one of the most beloved leaders of Eastern European Jewry. He is considered by some to be the founder of Hasidism in central Poland.

Birth and Death Data: Born Husakiv (village in Mostyska Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine), Died October 5, 1809 (Berdychiv (town and administrative center of the Berdychivsky District of Zhytomyr Oblast in northern Ukraine) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia 59694 12-in. approximately March 1921 A din toire mit gott Shloimele Rothstein Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Levi Isaac ben Meir," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105122.

Levi Isaac ben Meir. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105122.

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URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105122

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