Nadworna, Galicia
Authors

The transliterations of Hebrew and Yiddish words and names are based on the spellings found in the on-line library catalogues of Brandeis University, Harvard University, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and the Library of Congress.

R' Aron Aryeh Leib Leifer of Nadworna
(1817 - 1897)

Aron Aryeh Leib ben Issachar Ber Leifer, mi-Nadvorna

R' Aron Aryeh Leifer was the son of R' Issachar Dov Bertzi Leifer of Nadworna and Rachel Bloch. He succeeded his father as Rabbi in Nadworna.

Biographical information on R' Aron Aryeh Leib Leifer of Nadworna can be found in the following:

Rabinowicz, Tzvi M.
The Encyclopedia of Hasidism
Jason Aronson
Northvale, New Jersey: 1996

Books by R' Aron Aryeh Leib Leifer:

Sefer Yad Aharon
Bet ha-Defus Me'et H. Rohotin
Lemberg: 1899
Subject: Torah commentary

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R' Issachar Ber ben Yitzhak Leifer of Nadworna
(1790 - 1848)

R' Issachar Ber Leifer was the son of R' Yitzhak Leifer of Kalusz and Feige bat R' Itamar haKohen. He was the father of R' Aron Aryeh Leib Leifer and R' Mordechai Leifer, both listed on this page.

Biographical information on R' Aron Aryeh Leib Leifer of Nadworna can be found in the following:

Rabinowicz, Tzvi M.
The Encyclopedia of Hasidism
Jason Aronson
Northvale, New Jersey: 1996

Books by R' Aron Aryeh Leib Leifer

Sitre Torah
Bet ha-Defus Me'et H. Rohotin
Lemberg: 1899
Subject: Torah commentary.

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R' Mordechai Leifer of Nadworna
(18 May 1835 - 15 October 1894)

Mordekhai ben Issachar Ber Leifer, mi-Nadvorna-Boshtina

R' Mordechai Leifer was the son of R' Issachar Dov Bertzi Leifer of Nadworna and Rachel Bloch, the daughter of R' Avraham Leib Bloch of Nadworna. The Bloch's were a family of scholars and rabbis from Nadworna and neighboring Delatyn, including R' Chayim Bloch of Delatyn.

When R' Mordechai's father died in 1848, R' Mordechai was brought up by his great-uncle R' Meir of Przemyshlany. R' Mordechai lived an ascetic life. Known for his extreme piety, for his humility, and for his insight into human nature, and as a miracle worker, his presence in Nadworna attracted thousands of Jews wishing to receive his advice and his blessing. After leaving Nadworna, he lived in Huszt, and finally in Bustino. During this period he travelled through the Hasidic shtetls of Transcarpathia. The author of several prayers, his minhagim survive through the efforts of his decendents.

Biographical information on R' Mordechai of Nadworna can be found in the following:

Alfasi, Yitzhak
ha-Hasidut
Sifriyat Ma'ariv
Tel Aviv: 1974
Finkel, Avraham Y
Contemporary Sages: The Great Chasidic Masters of the Twentieth Century
Jason Aronson Inc.
Northvale, New Jersey: 1994
Rabinowicz, Tzvi M.
The Encyclopedia of Hasidism.
Jason Aronson
Northvale, New Jersey: 1996
Wunder, Rabbi Meir
Meorei Galicia: Encyclopedia of Galician Rabbis and Scholars
Jerusalem Institute for Commemoration of Galician Jewry
Jerusalem: 1978 - 1997 pages 3-6

Books by R' Mordechai of Nadworna

Sefer Gedulat Mordekhai: sipurim ve-sihot kodesh meha-rav Mordekhai me-Nadvorna-Boshtina. Ve-Sefer Kedushat Yisra'el: toldot ve-orhot hayim ve-`ovdin tovin mi-beno [z.o. shel beno] Yisra'el Ya`akov me-Hust
Mosdot Hust. Yerushalayim 1989
Notes: Originally published in Sighet in 1895
Subject: Sermons
Mahzor (Nadvorna) Sukkoth Seder hakafot: ve-nilveh elav minhage Hag ha-Sukot: nusah Nadvorna/ha-nahug `a. pi minhag Mordekhai mi-Nadvorna-Bishtina.
Mosdot Tif'eret Itamar de-Bishtina
Flatbush-Brooklyn, NY: c 1986
Subject: Succot and Simhat Torah holiday prayer book following the custom of Mordekhai mi-Nadvorna-Bishtina
Or Mordekhai
New York: 1956
Subject: Sermons
Sefer Aspaklarya ha-me'irah: amarot tehorot, minhagim ve-hadrakhot, `uvdot ve-sipurim ... Mordekhai mi-Nadvorna/ne`erakh ve-nisdar `a. y. Shemu'el Aharon Daitsh
Tif'eret. Brooklyn, NY: 1996
Sefer Ma'amar Mordekhai he-hadash: `a. ha-T. u-mikra'e kodesh u-ma'amre Hazal, amarot tehorot
Bet ha-midrash Bet Shemu'el de-Hust
Brooklyn, N.Y.: 1964 and 1984
Finkel, Avraham Y
Contemporary Sages: The Great Chasidic Masters of the Twentieth Century
Jason Aronson Inc.
Northvale, New Jersey: 1994
pages 3-6 contain English extracts from Ma'amar Mordekhai.
Notes: Originally published in Sighet in 1860 and again in 1900
Subject: Sermons
Tiferet Mordekhai
Bergesacz: 1927
Subject: Sermons

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Manfred J. Sakel
(6 June 1900 - 2 December 1957)

Born in Nadworna, Dr. Sakel earned his degree in Vienna. Living in Berlin and Vienna, he fled the Nazis, arriving in New York in 1936. A neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, he was most noted for introducing insulin-shock therapy, which for many years was the standard therapy for schizophrenia.

Biographical information on Dr. Sakel can be found in the following:

Encyclopedia Britannica
On-line edition 2000
Encyclopedia Judaica
Keter Publishing; Jerusalem. 1971

Books by Dr. Manfred J. Sakel

Neue Behandlungsmethode der Schizophrenie
1935
The Classical Sakel Shock Treatment: A Reappraisal; The Basic Principle of Sakel Treatment
New York: 1957
Epilepsy
Philosophical Library
New York: 1958
The Pharmacological Shock Treatment of Schizophrenia
Nervous and Mental Health Disease Pub. Co.
New York, Washington: 1938
Schizophrenia
Philosophical Library
New York: 1958

R' Avraham David Wahrman Buczacz
(b. 1770, Nadworna - d. 1840, Buczacz)

Tsevi Hirsh Avraham David ben Asher Anshel mi-Butshat

Born in Nadworna, R' Avraham David was a child prodigy known for his Talmudic knowledge. As a result R' Zevi Hirsch chose R' Avraham David as his son-in-law when he was 10 years old.  When R' Avraham David was 20, he became the rabbi of Goslowitz. Later, under the influence of R' Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev, he became a Hasid. In 1813 he became the Rosh Bet Din of Buczacz where he remained the rest of his life.

Biographical information on R' Avraham David can be found in the following:

The Jewish Encyclopedia
Funk and Wagnalls; New York 1907

Books by R' Avraham David Buczacz

Da'at Kedoshim
Lemberg: 1870; Lemberg: 1879, 2nd edition.
Subject: Commentary on Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah.
Divrei Avot
Lemberg: 1879.
Subject: Commentary on Pirke Avot
Eshel Avraham
Lemberg: 1885, Buczacz: 1906
Subject: Commentary on Shulchan Arukh, Orah Hayim
Ezer mi-Koddesh
Subject: Commentary on Shulchan Arukh, Even ha-Ezer.
Kesef ha-Kodoshim
Subject: Commentary on Shulchan Arukh, Hoshen Mishpat.
Birkat David
Zolkiew: 1766. Lemberg: 1844.
Subject: Kabbalistic Commentary on Genesis.
Mahazeh Avraham
Lemberg: 1871
Subject: Commentary on Torah
Hozen David
Lemberg: 1871
Subject: Commentary on Ketuvim
Amarot Tehorot
Lemberg: 1878
Subject: Commentary on Purification. Both on Niddah and vessels
Tefilah le-David
Lemberg: 1886 and Kolomea: 1897
Subject: Prayer
Tehila le-David
Kolomea: 1872
Subject: Commentary on Psalms

R' Zevi Hirsch of Nadworna
(d. 1802)

Tsevi Hirsh mi-Nadverna

R' Zevi Hirsch of Nadworna was Av Bet Din (Head of the Rabbinical Court) of Nadworna. He was a disciple of Dov Ber of Mezeritch and Yechiel Michel, the Maggid of Zlotchov. R' Zevi Hirsch was known for his ethical writings.

Biographical information on R' Zevi Hirsch of Nadworna can be found in the following:

Encyclopedia Judaica
Keter Publishing; Jerusalem. 1971
Krassen, Miles
Uniter of Heaven and Earth: Rabbi Meshullam Feibush Heller of Zbarazh and the Rise of Hasidism in Eastern Galicia
SUNY Press. Albany, NY: 1998. pages 29, 31, 37
Wunder, Rabbi Meir
Meorei Galicia: Encyclopedia of Galician Rabbis and Scholars
Jerusalem Institute for Commemoration of Galician Jewry
Jerusalem: 1978 - 1997

Books by R' Zevi Hirsch of Nadworna

Hagadah shel Pesah: 'im be'ur hadash Tsemah H. li-Tsevi
ve-nilveh elav Kuntres Divre Shalom me-Shalom Zelig
Brooklyn, N.Y.: 1977/8
Subject: Passover Haggadah
Alfa beta im mile de-avot
Bi-defus Pesah Levenzohn. Warsaw: 1877/8
Notes: Originally published in incomplete form in Breznitz in 1796
A second edition was published in Nowy Dwor in 1799
Subject: Jewish ethics
Sifte kedoshim: likute amarim...al seder ha-parashiyot
Makhon Otsar ha-hokhmah
London: 1962
Subject: Kabbala
Kol sifre ha-Magid ha-kadosh mi-Nadverna
Mekhon Tif'eret avot she-a. y. Yeshivat Or ha-Torah-Burshtin
Brooklyn, NY 1990(?)
Subject: Commentaries on Torah, Mishnah. Avot, Haggadot, and Hasiim
Tsemah ha-Shem li-Tsevi
Berditshov: 1818, Lemberg: 1891
Subject: Hassidic commentary on Torah