Mordechai of Lechovitch
Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe of Lechovitch | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1742 |
| Died | 18 January 1810 (aged 67–68) Stolin, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
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| Dynasty | Lechovitch |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Hasidism |
| Jewish leader | |
| Successor | Rabbi Noach Yaffe |
| Dynasty | Lechovitch |
Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe of Lechovitch (1742 – 18 January 1810) was a Hasidic rabbi who was the disciple of Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin and was the founder of the Lechovitch dynasty of Hasidism, from which the Kobrin, Slonim, Koidanov, and Novominsk courts descended. He was the president of the Holy Land Fund for Jews in Israel.