Benjamin of Lida

Rabbi Benjamin of Lida (Hebrew: הרב בנימין מלידא ; {{Circa|1800}} – 1862) was a 19th-century Hasidic rabbi and kabbalist who served as the first Hasidic rabbi of Lida, Belarus.

Biography

R. Benjamin was born around 1800 in Belarus. In his early years, he became a disciple of R. Solomon Hayyim Perlow (founder of Koidanover Hasidism) and under the instruction of R. Solomon, he brought Koidanover Hasidism to Lida, establishing a Hasidic community in 1833, which had a synagogue and yeshiva. In 1854, R. Benjamin became engrossed in a controversy with the city's Misnagdic Chief Rabbi, R. Elijah Schik, which ultimately resulted in R. Elijah leaving Lida and being replaced by R. Mordecai Meltzer. R. Benjamin was a renowned miracle maker and kabbalist, under whose leadership, the city's Hasidic community grew exponentially. R. Benjamin died in 1862.{{Cite book|last=Avtsinsky|first=R. Levi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W54-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10|title=Nahalat Avot|publisher=Avraham Tsevi Rozenḳrants|year=1894|pages=10}}{{Cite web|last=Lando|first=A.|title=Rabbis and Religious Teachers of Lida|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lida/lid089.html|website=jewishgen.org}}

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Category:1800 births

Category:1862 deaths

Category:Hasidic rabbis

Category:Belarusian rabbis

Category:19th-century rabbis from the Russian Empire