Chaim Chaykl of Amdur

Chaim Chaykl of Amdur
Ohel of Chaim Chaykl in Indura, Belarus
Personal
Born	Chaim Chaykl (Chaika) Levin 1730
Died	March 13, 1787 Indura, Belarus
Religion	Judaism
Children	Shmuel of Amdur, Dov Ber of Shadlitz, Chana, wife of Moshe Chaikin
Parent	Rabbi Shmuel Levin (father)
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Dov Ber of Mezeritch
Successor	Shmuel of Amdur
Main work	Chaim V'Chessed
Yahrtzeit	23 Adar
Buried	Indura, Belarus
Dynasty	Amdur

Chaim Chaykl (Chaika) Levin of Amdur (Hebrew: חיים חייקל (חייקא) לוין מאמדור; c. 1730 - March 13, 1787), also known as the Amdurer Rebbe, was an 18th-century Hasidic rebbe and author who is amongst the earliest founders of Lithuanian Hasidism. A leading disciple of Dov Ber of Mezeritch, in 1773 he founded the Amdur Hasidic dynasty in Indura, Belarus where he faced fierce opposition from local Misnagdim. Despite this, Chaim Chaykl would go on to lay the foundation for several important Hasidic principles. His Divrei Torah was posthumously published in 1891 in Warsaw under the title "Chaim V'Chesed", which is now an important Hasidic work.