by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Jul 26, 2018 | DNA Studies, Rabbinic Genealogy, Research Room, UKRAINE
Yehuda Leib of Shpola (c.1725 – 1811) – better known as the Shpoler Zeide (Yiddish for “Grandfather of Shpola”) or Saba Kadisha (Hebrew for “Holy Grandfather’) – was a beloved Chassidic folk rebbe, great kabbalist, and a revered tzaddik (saintly or holy man) about...
