The Holy Jew of Pshischa
Chasidic Masters

Rabbi Wein likes to say that the punishment for all revolutionary movements is that eventually they become the establishment and suffer counter-revolutions. The Holy Jew of Pschicha was the first of the Chassidic counter-revolutionaries. Though he was expected to succeed the Chozeh of Lublin, his more elitist and ascetic outlook became the foundation of a whole new brand of Chassidus.