Maggid
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A maggid, also spelled as magid, is a traditional Jewish religious itinerant preacher, skilled as a narrator of Torah and religious stories. A chaplain of the more scholarly sort is called a darshan.
The prophet Daniel, with a maggid behind, from Die Bücher der Bibel, by Ephraim Moses Lilien. While the term maggid is frequently used to refer to an itinerant Jewish preacher, in Jewish esoteric traditions a maggid is an angelic teacher; a spirit guide.
Dov Ber of Mezeritch
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Dov Ber ben Avraham of Mezeritch, also known as the Maggid of Mezeritch or Mezeritcher Maggid, was a disciple of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, the founder of Hasidic Judaism, and was chosen as his success
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…the importance of the mystical adherence to a Tzaddik. The popular titles of each Master therefore reflect personal endearment and reverence. Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch (דוב בער ממזריטש) (1704/1710?-1772) is known as the Maggid (literally 'Sayer') of Mezritsh after being the Maggid of the town of Rovne. After initially…
Title page of Maggid Devarav L'Yaakov (Korets, 1781 edition).
Mausoleum in Hanipol where he is buried alongside Zusha of Hanipol
Tomb of Dov Ber of Mezeritch