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Living Legacy: Rebbe Moshe of Ludmir, zy”a.

Living Legacy: Rebbe Moshe of Ludmir, zy”a.

Thursday, 18 Shevat, marks the yohrtzeit of Rebbe Moshe Betzalel Gottlieb, the son of Rebbe Shloime of Karlin, zt”l, Hy”d, who was the second Rebbe of the Karlin-Stoliner dynasty. Rebbe Shlomo was interred in Ludmir, Ukraine, following his murder, and this is where his son, Rebbe Moshe Betzalel would continue the dynasty of the Ludmir chassidus. 

The Rebbe was a great ba’al mofes, especially with regard to healing people from illness. The greatest tzaddikim of his generation—especially the talmidim and chaverim of his holy father—revered him greatly, and accorded him great honor. Scores of chassidim from throughout Ukraine would make their way to him, to connect with his incredible kedushah. 

His ruach hakodesh was open for all to see. 

Although Rebbe Moshe served as a Rebbe in Ludmir, he was not buried there, but rather in the Ukrainian city of Olevsk—which comes with a fascinating story, as is the rediscovery of the tziyun intact following the Holocaust. 

Once, the Yidden of Olevsk invited Rebbe Moshele to designate the new Beis Hachaim in the city. When he arrived, he drew a line in the soil, and said, “this is where I want to be buried”—something that was interesting to the people, since he did not live there. It was only many years later, when he was in Olevsk for a Shabbos, and was niftar during his visit, that his wishes became clear, and he was buried there. 

During the Holocaust, the Nazis came to the town, and attempted to transform the ohel into a workplace, placing workers there—but one after another died after a few hours of sitting there. And from that time, they left the holy ohel alone, intact. 

In 1993, a delegation of chassidim—who had not been able to visit the area until the fall of Communism—came to the town in search of the resting place of the tzaddikim. They found old Yidden who related in Yiddish, pointing to gravesite, that this was indeed the resting place of Rebbe Moishele, and that his yohrtzeit was indeed 18 Shevat. Since that time, the ohel has attracted many in search of a yeshuah—and they have indeed merited great salvation in the zechus of the tzaddikim. 

His son was Rebbe Shloime of Ludmir (born 1792), named for his illustrious father, who married the daughter of Rebbe Aaron of Chernobyl. The wedding took place in Ludmir, in the presence of the Chernobyler Maggid. His second son was Rebbe Yehoshua, the son in law of the Trisker Rebbe. Through them, the holy chain has continued to this day, with many descendants around the world, continuing his holy living legacy.


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