12 Kislev 5601
Rav Avraham Dov of Avritsch was born around the year 5520 in the city of Chmielnik, Ukraine, to his father, Rav Dovid, who served as a maggid in the city. At a young age, he was already learning diligently with his father, and adopted many holy practices.
When he became of age, Rav Nosson Nuta, the rav of Avritsch and a talmid of the Baal Shem Tov, took him as a son-in-law. After his marriage, he joined his father-in-law on his trips to the maggid of Chernobyl. After the passing of the maggid, the Bas Ayin traveled to the maggid's son, Rav Mordechai, and also became close to Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev.
With the passing of his father – before the Bas Ayin turned twenty - he was asked to fill his place in the city of Chmielnik. But a short time later, his father-in-law passed away and he was asked to serve as the Rav of Avritsch in his place – a position he kept for forty years.
At the end of 5585, the Bas Ayin was asked to serve as Rav of Zhitomir, a center of Torah and chassidus. Over the years, many talmidim basked in his presence, learning from him and seeking to absorb his tefillos and avodah, and to receive brachos from him.
In 5591, he made Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael, which he had yearned to do all his life. He established a beis medrash in Tzefas and served as the rav of the Chassidic community in the city. On 24 Teves 5597, while he was davening in his beis medrash, an earthquake struck Tzefas and its surroundings. The Bas Ayin urged all the mispallelim to gather around him, and although the beis medrash collapsed, the place where he was standing with his congregants remained intact.
On 12 Kislev 5601 he passed away and was laid to rest in a burial cave in the ancient cemetery of Tzefas. Rav Avraham Dov did not have children, but he did leave his sefer Bas Ayin, which has become very famous and widely studied.
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