Rav Uri Klughaft of Strelisk Imrei Kodosh

Rav Uri was born in 5517/1757 in a small village near Yanov. His father, Rav Pinchas, was given a berocha by the Mezritcher Maggid to merit a son who “will light up the Jewish world''. In 5552/1792, after the tragic murder of his Rebbe, Rav Shlomo, Hy”d, Rav Uri returned to Lvov and opened his own court. He later moved from Lvov to Strelisk, by the name of which town he became known. On the 23rd of Elul, 5586/1826, Rav Uri returned his neshoma to its Creator.