Reb Menachem Mendel Torem of Rimanov zy"a (Mendele Rimanover)

Reb Mendel of Rimanov zy"a

דער רבי ר׳ מענדלע מרימאנאוו זי״ע

Years 1745–1815 Yahrzeit 19 Iyar
29 May 1815 · usually April or May Kever / tziyun The Beis Hachaim, Rymanów (Rimanov), Poland. The original ohel and matzeivah were destroyed in the churban and later rebuilt.

Upcoming yahrzeit: 26 May 2027 (5787)

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Biography

Reb Menachem Mendel Torem of Rimanov zy"a, also known as Mendele Rimanover, was a renowned Chasidic Rebbe and one of the first to spread Chassidus in Poland and Galicia. The old German and French pages said one of the first four; other accounts say among the first five. This is the biography recovered, in translation, from those pages; no English or Yiddish bio page was archived.

He was born in 1745 (Przytyk or Nowy Korczyn, according to later biographies) and was niftar in Rimanov on 19 Iyar 5575 (29 May 1815). His main rebbi was Reb Elimelech of Lizensk zy"a. After Reb Elimelech's histalkus he became a leading Rebbe in Galicia, first as av beis din in Fristok, then, from 1807, in Rimanov. His talmidim included Reb Naftali of Ropshitz zy"a and many later founders of dynasties. He was mechazek Reb Moshe Teitelbaum of Ujhel zy"a to become a Rebbe.

His sons did not want to be memaleh makom. The Rimanov hoif was later led by his former meshamesh, Reb Tzvi Hirsh HaKohen of Rimanov zy"a (Reb Tzvi Hirsh Meshamesh). Toward the end of his life, during the wars of Napoleon, it is brought in later biographies that he was mispallel concerning those wars and the geulah.

Historical background

Reb Mendel zy"a's years are the same dor as Reb Dovid of Lelov zy"a: Polish and Galician Chassidus after the Maggid, under the last chalukos of Poland and then the wars of Napoleon. Galicia was already under the Austrian malchus. He was a strong opponent of modernity and emancipation, fearing assimilation. When his hoif moved to Rimanov in 1807, Chassidim started coming for Shabbos and Yom Tov, and that changed the town's Jewish parnassah.

Before & after

Who came before

Reb Elimelech of Lizensk zy"a — His main Rebbe; after 1787 Reb Mendel zy"a became a leading Rebbe in Galicia

Who came after

Reb Tzvi Hirsh HaKohen of Rimanov zy"a — His former meshamesh, who later led the Rimanov hoif and was a rebbi of the Shineve Rav zy"a

In his dor

Reb Dovid of Lelov zy"a — A talmid-chaver of Reb Elimelech zy"a, in the same dor of Polish Chassidus

Sources

The facts on this page come from the earlier site and from the sources listed here. Where the sources are not one shittah, it is written in the text.

Pictures of the tziyun

The matzeivah of Reb Menachem Mendel of Rimanov zy"a, in the Beis Hachaim in Rimanov. The inscription names him Menachem Mendel, son of the great rav, moreinu Yosef, niftar 19 Iyar 5575. Photo: Global Kvittel.

A plaque inside the ohel of Reb Mendel of Rimanov zy"a, from the Vaad Shemiras Batei HaChaim v'Ohalei Tzaddikim b'Polin, thanking those who helped install electricity in the ohel. Photo: Global Kvittel.

Inside the ohel of Reb Mendel of Rimanov zy"a, in the Beis Hachaim in Rimanov. Photo: Global Kvittel.

The matzeivah of Reb Mendel of Rimanov zy"a in the ohel, with candles and kvittlach. Photo: Global Kvittel.

The fence of the Beis Hachaim in Rimanov, by the ohel of Reb Mendel of Rimanov zy"a. Photo: Global Kvittel.

Rebbeim

Reb Elimelech of Lizensk zy"a, his main rebbi
As a bachur, Reb Shmelke of Nikolsburg zy"a, and it is also told that he met the Maggid of Mezritch zy"a

Seforim

Menachem Tzion (Chernowitz, 1851) — Torah from the ksavim of his talmid Reb Yechezkel Paneth zy"a
Divrei Menachem (Lemberg, 1863) and Ilana deChaye (Piotrkov, 1908) — further collections of his Torah

What he is known for

One of the first to spread Chassidus in Poland and Galicia — wording recovered from the old French and German pages
A well-known segulah for parnassah, popularly attributed to him: saying Parshas HaMan (shnayim mikra) on Tuesday of Parshas Beshalach; it is told that he said Torah on that parsha for twenty-two years

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