Ostropolyer, Hershele

Property	Value	Label
Described At	Ostropolyer Hershele	yivo
Has Abstract	(1770?–1810), folk figure. Although what we know about Hershele Ostropolyer is based mostly on oral tradition and folklore, he was also a real person. Hershele is thought to have come from Balta, Ukraine, and his name is based on the small town of Ostropolye (Ostropol) in Poland, where he served the community as a shoḥet (ritual slaughterer). According to legend, Hershele lost his job because of his constant joking that offended some leaders of the community. He then wandered through Ukraine, and was a familiar personality at inns and restaurants, which explains why such institutions figure so prominently in the stories about him. Eventually he found his calling—at the court of Barukh of Mezhbizh, the grandson of the Ba‘al Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism. Barukh was plagued by depression, and Hershele served as a court jester, frequently mocking the rabbi and his cronies and delighting the common folk.	yivo
is Represents of	2452946	ep
Title	Ostropolyer, Hershele	yivo
is Owl Same As of	2452946	ep
Core Alt Label	Hershele Ostropolyer	yivo
Core Pref Label	Ostropolyer, Hershele	yivo
is Core Related of	Babel Isaac yivo Badkhonim yivo Barukh Ben Yehiel Of Mez… yivo Rotbaum Jakub yivo Trunk Yekhiel Yeshaye yivo Vilner Trupe yivo Weichert Michal yivo	yivo
Core Related	Baal Shem Tov yivo Babel Isaac yivo Hasidism yivo Poland yivo Ukraine yivo Vilner Trupe yivo	yivo

Ostropolyer, Hershele yivo