Eliezer Shlomo Schik
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Rabbi Eliezer Shlomo Schik (b. 1940), also known as Mohorosh (an acronym for Moreinu Rabbeinu Rabbi Shlomo) is the founder and director of Mesivta Heichal HaKodesh, an international outreach program which disseminates the teachings of Breslov Hasidut through books, pamphlets, and taped lectures. He has authored more than 100 hardcover books[citation needed] and 1,000 booklets based on the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. He is also the leader of the Breslov Hasidim in the Galilee town of Yavniel, Israel.
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[edit] Biography
Schik was born in 1940. At the age of 15, he read the booklet, Meshivat Nefesh by Rabbi Alter Tepliker, on the subject of encouragement, which attracted him to Breslov teachings. He began to spend many hours each day in hitbodedut per Rebbe Nachman's advice, and studied more Torah in accordance with Rabbi Nachman's system of learning. Seeing the influence that a small booklet had had on him, he resolved to disseminate Rebbe Nachman's works when the opportunity would arise.
[edit] Publishing career
After his marriage in 1964, Schik founded Mesivta Heichal HaKodesh for the purpose of disseminating Rebbe Nachman's teachings. In the late 1960s, he wrote, printed and distributed 85,000 copies of booklets based on Rebbe Nachman's writings around the world at below-cost price. Today his annual output is in the millions[citation needed].
[edit] Spiritual leader
Schik is the spiritual leader of the self-styled "Breslov City," a community of Breslov families living in the Galilee town of Yavniel.
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