Rav Moshe Dovid Lida was born in 5540/1780. He was a grandson and namesake of Rav Moshe Lida, Rav of Amsterdam, noted mekubol and author of several seforim. Rav Moshe Dovid traveled to the court of the Rebbe Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk, and became his devoted Chassid. After the petira of the Rebbe Reb Elimelech, Rav Moshe Dovid became the Chassid of the Chozeh of Lublin. He was also a Chassid of the Yid HaKodosh of Pshis'cha. Later, Rav Moshe Dovid was appointed Rav in Weisslitz, near Krakow. Although the town was small, it became famous due to the Tzaddik who resided there. In the summer of 5588/1828, Rav Moshe Dovid traveled to the resort city Altendorf, in Hungary, where he suddenly passed away on the night of Tishah B’Av, at the age of just forty-eight.
