Heschel of Cracow

Avraham Yehoshua ben Yaakov Heschel (the rebbe, Rebbe Heschel) was a Talmud scholar and teacher in Poland and Lithuania. He served as rosh yeshiva first in Lublin and then in Cracow, where he succeed Yom Tov Lippman Heller. He was the teacher of a number of great rabbis, including Shabbetai HaKohen, Aharon Shmuel Kaidanover, Gershon Ashkenazi, among others. Some of his writings have been lost, and others remain in manuscript. Teachings of his are preserved in the writings of contemporaries and students. Some of his writings on the weekly Torah portions were gathered and printed posthumously.