Rabbi Aaron HaLevi Horowitz began studying with the founder of Chabad Chasidut, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, as a teenager. He grew close with the rabbi and with his son and eventual successor, Rabbi Dov Baer, but a rift developed between them, and Rabbi Horowitz left Liadi. He founded an independent Chasidic dynasty in Strashelye, but it was short-lived. After the death of Horowitz’s son who succeeded him as rebbe, many Strashelye Chasidim rejoined the followers of Rabbi Dov Baer and his successors. Despite Horowitz’s split, his works are respected by many as elucidations of Lurianic Kabbalah and of Chabad Chasidut.
Works on Sefaria
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