Rav Yeshaya Weltfried of Kalish

Rav Yeshaya was a son of Rav Avrohom Moshe of Rosphsha, a descendant of Rav Yeshaya of Pshedborzh. Rav Yeshaya, carrying the illustrious name of his great-grandfather and emulating the holy ways of his forebears, was from his youth a kodosh v’tohor and a fervent oved Hashem. Eventually he moved to Kalisch, a less primitive city, where he was the first Chassidic Rebbe ever. The Rebbe was well-loved by his followers, stirring their souls and bringing them ever closer to Hashem with his moving tefillos. He was niftar about a month before the outbreak of World War II.