Zidichov (Zhydachiv)

Galicia

Zidichov (today Zhydachiv, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine), a town in eastern Galicia, was the seat of the Zidichov chasidic dynasty, distinguished by its emphasis on Kabbalah. Its founder, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Eichenstein of Zidichov (1763-1831), was a noted Kabbalist who urged the study of the Zohar and Lurianic Kabbalah and printed kabbalistic works.

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