Rav Hillel Moshe Meshel Gelbstein zt"l
הרב הלל משה מעשל בן צבי הירש גלבשטיין זצ"ל
Cheshvan 24 , 5668
Father's Name: Tzvi Hirsch Gelbstein
Rav Hillel Moshe Meshel Gelbstein zt"l
Rav Hillel Moshe Meshel Gelbstein was born in Bialystok. His mother was a twelfth-generation descendant of the Shela HaKodosh. At the age of fifteen, he traveled to Kotzk and became a Chassid of the Kotzker Rebbe. After the Kotzker passed away, Rav Meshel adopted the Chiddushei HaRim as his Rebbe. On the 23rd of Adar of 1867, the Chiddushei HaRim was niftar, and on the 13th of Nissan that same year, the Tzemach Tzedek was niftar. Considering himself orphaned, Rav Meshel moved to Eretz Yisrael and settled in Yerushalayim – he would never again sleep outside the walls of the city. His seforim include Mishkenos Le’abir Yaakov, Ohr LaYeshorim, and Ohr Zorua LaTzaddik.
