# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elimelech-of-lizhensk
# Generated: 2026-08-16T13:59:22.011Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elimelech-of-lizhensk"
name: "Elimelech of Lizhensk"
slug: "elimelech-of-lizhensk"
description: "Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk was a rabbi and one of the founding Rebbes of the Hasidic movement. His hometown was Leżajsk near Rzeszów in Poland. He was part of the inner \"Chevraya Kadisha\" school of Dov Ber of Mezeritch, who became the decentralised, third generation leadership after the passing of Dov Ber in 1772."
tagline: "Polish rabbi"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1717"
deathDate: "1787"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.038327526132404
  historical:           13.688956
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "اليمالك من ليزينسك"
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    title: "Elimelech Lizhenskekoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elimeleh"
    title: "Elimeleh"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump