Rav Menachem Mendel Pri Hooretz

Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk/Horodok [5490 - 1 Iyar 5548] was an elder disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch and one of the earliest Chasidic rebbes. He led the first modern aliyah to Israel, in 1777, where he and three hundred Chasidim and others settled in Tzefat.. After a few years most of the group moved to Teveria, where he is buried in the "Students of the Baal Shem Tov" section of the Old Cemetery. His works include Pri HaAretz and Likutei Amarim.