{{short description|Russian rabbi}}{{Infobox religious biography | religion = Judaism | image = Shmuel Leib Levin.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth year|1890}} | honorific prefix = Rabbi | other_name = Shmuel Leib Paritcher | birth_place = Parychy, Russian Empire | office1 = Chief Rabbi of Moscow | term1 = 1943 | successor1 = Shlomo Shleifer | predecessor1 = Shmarya Yehuda Leib Medalia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|10|26|1890|df=yes}} | dynasty = Chabad }} {{Chabad (Rebbes and Chasidim)|Rebbes of Chabad}} '''Shmuel-Leib Yankelevich Levin''' (1890–26 October 1951) was a Russian Hasidic rabbi who served as the chief rabbi of Moscow for a brief period in 1943. He was known among Chabad hasidim as '''Shmuel Leib Paritcher''', based on his birth place of Paritch.<ref name=":1" />
== Biography == Levin was born in Paritch, Russian Empire in 1890, and studied at Yeshiva of Tomchei Temimim in Lyubavichi.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Levertov |first=Moishe |title=The Man Who Mocked the KGB |editor-last=Goldberg |editor-first=Daniel |publication-date=January 2002 |chapter=Moscow I |asin=B0006S3JN6 |chapter-url=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/312433/jewish/Moscow-I.htm}}</ref> After marrying the daughter of Rabbi Meir Simcha Chein of Nevel, he served as a maggid shiur in Tomchei Temimim's branch in Horodyshche,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-03-26 |title=Chassidus “In the Style of the Times”?! |url=https://anash.org/chassidus-in-the-style-of-the-times/ |access-date=2025-09-11 |website=Anash.org |language=en-US}}</ref> and later as a mashpia in its Poltava branch.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-16 |title=Poltava – The City Behind The Niggun |url=https://chabadinfo.com/magazine/poltava-a-city-of-saints-scholars/ |access-date=2025-09-11 |website=Beis Moshiach Magazine |publisher=Chabadinfo |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1943, he was appointed as the chief rabbi of Moscow. Shortly after his appointment, the Moscow Jewish community's official board decided to remove him from his position, feeling he was too extreme.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Galinsky |first=Ephraim Zalman |date=2024-06-25 |title=Secret Shepherds |url=https://mishpacha.com/secret-shepherds/ |access-date=2025-09-11 |website=Mishpacha Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> He was replaced by Shlomo Shleifer.<ref name=":0" />
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