 Boruch of Medzhybizh

Rabbi Boruch of Medzhybizh (1753–1811), was a grandson of the Baal Shem Tov.Reb Boruch (known in his childhood as Reb Boruch'l, a Yiddish diminutive, and subsequently as "Reb Boruch'l HaKadosh") was the first major "rebbe" of the Hasidic movement to hold court in Mezhbizh in his grandfather's hometown and "Beis Medrash", which he inherited.