# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yisroel-hopsztajn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:23:33.280Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yisroel-hopsztajn"
name: "Yisroel Hopsztajn"
slug: "yisroel-hopsztajn"
description: "Rabbi Yisroel Hopstein, commonly known as the Maggid of Kozhnitz,, was a towering figure in the third generation of the Hasidic movement, a noted Kabbalist, and the founder of the Kozhnitz Hasidic dynasty in Poland. His profound influence extended through the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was a student of both the Magid/Dov Ber of Mezeritch and Elimelech of Lizhensk, and wrote many books on Chassidus and Kabbalah."
tagline: "Hasidic leader of Poland."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isroel_Hopsztajn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1733"
deathDate: "1814"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.47
  momentum:             4.827586206896552
  historical:           8.962061333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "ישראל האפשטיין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisrael_Hopstein"
    title: "Yisrael Hopstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Hopstein_von_Koschnitz"
    title: "Israel Hopstein von Koschnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisroel_Hopstein"
    title: "Yisroel Hopstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisrael_Hopstein"
    title: "Yisrael Hopstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggid_de_Kozhnitz"
    title: "Maggid de Kozhnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%96'%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A5"
    title: "ישראל הופשטיין מקוז'ניץ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yisroel_Hopsztajn"
    title: "Yisroel Hopsztajn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isroel_Hopsztajn"
    title: "Isroel Hopsztajn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Коженицкий магид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q568832"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump