The 222nd annual gathering of the descendants of the Shpoler Zaydeh took place Motzei Shabbos at Lubavitch Yeshiva Hall in Crown Heights.
The event is held every Yud Tes Shvat to commemorate a great miracle that happened on that day in 5553 (February 1, 1793). The Shpoler Zaydeh was invited to take part in a bris, and in order to arrive at the required place, he had to traverse a river, which was frozen in the cold of winter. As the Shpoler Zaydeh was crossing the river, the ice broke under him and he fell into the icy waters beneath. However, the Shpoler Zaydeh was miraculously saved from drowning.
The following year, on Yud Tes Shvat, the Shpoler Zaydeh celebrated a Seudas Hoda’ah and specifically requested that all his descendants continue to do so. This day is celebrated around the world by descendants of all backgrounds.
Approximately 125 people attended the Crown Heights Seudah, organized this year by family members in conjunction with the Shpoler Zaydeh Society coordinator Reb Mordechai Leib Kalmanson.
Reb Sholom Dovid Geisinsky, in addition to acting as Master of Ceremony, also told the Story of Yud Tes Shvat (a tradition passed on from generation to eneration, as he heard it from his father Reb Moshe Aaron Geisinsky A”H).
Guest Speaker Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky gave a very lively Dvar Torah in which he tied in the Parshas Hashovuah to the event being celebrated. He also initiated an in-depth discussion about a Niggun attributed to the Shpoler Zaydeh (although many may not know it) known as “Kol BaYaar.”
Thank you for that clarification. Your comment reminded me that the Alter Rebbe actually wrote a ksav hiskashrus to the Maggid’s talmid R’ Mendel Horodoker, but I was unaware that the famous Reb Zushe of Anapoli had his own following of chassidim as well. Such incredibly lofty tzaddikim, all.
it was mentioned talmidai hamagid who were rebbe’s.
reb mendele horodoker was also by the baal shem tov.
reb zushe( though not famous as having a large following in numbers,not because he was g-d forbid less tzadik then the other talmidim but rather it seems that it was not his ”inyan”)should have indeed been mentioned as well.
the baal shem tov gave him this name at his bris, betching him that he should be a “zeide’ to all yidden, like avraham who was called “zaken”.
this bracha was given in very special circumstances: the baal shem tov was still a hidden tzaddik and did not want to be revealed- but he arrived to the bris due to r’ baruch- the shpoler zeide’s father- begging him to come, since the shpoler zeide was born miraculaously by the baal shem tov’s bracha.
I beleive Reb zushe anipoli and Reb Mendel horodoker were also talmidim of the Maggid also mentioned in Hayom Yom.
the Bal Shem tov “gave” the Shpoler Zeideh this name at the Shpoler Zeideh’s bris in a brocha
read up about his birth and bris, it’s a beautiful story
The Bal Shem was at his Bris, and nicked named him Zaide”
as someone in the know, it’s interesting to note, the chein mishpocho (rivkin is a chein on his mothers, zol zain gezunt, side) are direct descendants of the Maharal Zaycher Tzadik Livrocho.
I recently took a Y-DNA test and I matched with the Chein Mishpocho (Seide is a Chein on his father’s, zol zain gezunt, side). I saw an article on Chabad.org that said that his father’s side was descended from the Maharal Zaycher Tzadik Livrocho…So I’m a little confused. What is the story behind the Shpoler Rebbe’s Yichus on his father’s side, (Baruch) m’Dor L’Dor, Ben Acher Ben?
Shalom Aleichem
is also known to have been composed by the Shpoler Zaideh.
You can listen to an amazing rendition by meir rivkin and his son mendel, by going to the collive search box and enter “Kol Bayaar” — mamesh kishmak
Fasonating stories of the שפעלה זידה with the אלטע רבי
Does anybody know where/how the nickname Shpoler Zaide began?
thank you for this erudite and articulate comment. it also contained data of which i was unaware heretofore even though i am an ainelekl.., cl
That is why the Shpoler Zaideh had the same name as the Maharal M’Prague – Yehudah Leib, though many make the mistake of calling him Aryeh Leib, Perhaps his middle name was Aryeh but the name he was known by was R’ Yehudah Leib (surname, Gerundie.) this information was passed down in the family m’dor l’dor.
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Just for the record, the city of Shpoleh is neither near Hungary nor Romania. It is in the Ukraine where one can visit the Shpoler Zaideh’s tziyone to this day. When the Shpoler Zaideh, who was famous for his warmth and ahavas yisroel, composed the lively niggun Hup Cossack he did it to help the poor Yidden who were being hounded by the pritzim of that area.( Any child who has seen the video The Dancing Bear can fill you in on the background of that popular niggun.) The Shpoler Zaideh was a personal friend of the Alter Rebbe who,… Read more »
correcting comment #1 who wrote that the shpoler zeide was an “ungarisheh rebbe”. that is just as awkward as saying that the lubavitcher rebbe was an “ungarisheh rebbe”. the shpoler zeide was born in the ukraine near the city of uman in the kiev province. at the age of 45(after many years of travel to different cities in ukraine spreading yidishkeit by order of the baal shem tov and reb pinchos koritzer) he assumed the rabbinate position in the city of shpole in ukraine and and became the most famous chassidic rebbe in the ukraine called the shpoler zeide. he… Read more »
Clearly in hayom yom 14 tevet
He was only born because of the Baal Shem Tov. He has the neshama of the Maharal. He is mentioned 2x in Hayom Yom.
The Shpoler Zeide was born from a Brocho of the Baal Shemtov. Shpole is a town in the Ukraine, same as Mezibuz, Haditch and Niezin. He was one of the talmudic of the Mazritcher Magid. The Rebbe writes about it in the Hayom Yom. He was also a very close friend of the Alter Rebbe.
beautiful
May the Shpoler Zeideh bang down the gates of golus
Moshaich NOW
He was an Ungarisheh Rebbe from the border of Hungary Romania