Tzvi Elimelekh Shapira of Dinov

Rabbi Tzvi Elimelekh, founder of the Dinov Chasidic dynasty and prolific writer, is known by the title of his primary work "Bnei Yissaschar", a classic Chasidic text containing discourses on the Torah and festivals. He also authored numerous other works on various subjects. His father, R. Pesach, was a brother-in-law of R. Elimelekh of Lizhensk, after whom he was named, and his mother was a descendant of R. Shimshon Ostropolier. He was a disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin, the Maggid of Kozhnitz, and R. Mendel of Rimanov. He occupied rabbinical posts in Dinov, Struzov, Ribitsch, Lantzut, and Munkacs.