Aryeh Leib of Shpola
Hasidic leader in Ukraine (1725–1811)
Judaism
Aryeh Leib of Shpola or Yehuda Leib of Shpola (1725-1811) was a Hasidic Rebbe and was known as a popular miracle-worker and faith healer based in Shpola, Ukraine. He was also known as the Shpoler Zeide. He studied under the Baal Shem Tov and The Mezrticher Maagid. Yehuda Leib was associated with the third generation of Hasidism in the Ukraine; he is also known as Reb Leib Sara's,
although some speculate about this. He was a fierce opponent of Nachman of Breslov, criticizing the new chassidish movement.
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