Abram Manela / Manes Laskier

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One of the late Rebbe's close associates, Avraham Menachem Manela, son of Yechezkel Lasker, a wealthy nail factory owner in Będzin, was called to action and along with the town's rabbi, Rabbi Itche Kimmelman (also a Radomsk Hassid) began searching for another rebbe. R' Manela did not spare his time and resources and he traveled great distances, visited various Rebbes' courts and evaluated each dynasty's traits and advantages. After many searches, the choice fell on Rabbi Avraham Yaakov of Sadigura, son of the founder of the Ruzhin dynasty, whose Hassidim regarded as a royal figure. The result was presented not long thereafter; a year after the Radomski Rebbe passed away, 1870, the Sadigura kloyzwas founded in Będzin and attracted much attention from the Hassidim and debates pro and against. The founding of the Sadigura kloyzwas astounding at first and after that its first Hassidim in Będzin began joining it including Isaac Ehrlichman, R' Itche Kimmelman, R' Moshe Hirsh Fishel and his grandson R' Leib Englard, R' Hirsh Leib Hauptman (known by his nickname “Der Frantsoyz” [%E2%80%9CThe Frenchman”]), Gitman Richter and others. Thus, a window to the far-away Sadigura dynasty was opened in the Zaglebie province.

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https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/bedzin/bed235.html#:~:text=We%20ha....

We have mentioned above the founder of the Sadigura kloyzin Będzin, R' Avraham Menachem Manela Lasker. His grandson Michel Lasker, who resides in Tel Aviv, has Avraham's will, dated Nisan 8, 5659 (19 March, 1899) and written in Hebrew. The will is interesting in both its content and Hebrew style. The will testifies that he was a Hassid with every fiber of his being. He left behind an estate worth 40,000 Rubles (a large sum in those days) and instructed that a percentage be contributed to the poor of the kloyzes of Radomsk, Ger, and Sochaczew. Larger sums were devoted to the Boyan Rebbe and the widows of the Rebbes of Radomsk and Sadigura, the family of Rabbi Moshe Biderman of Lelov, [who was then] in Jerusalem. He also requested that no words of praise be etched on his tombstone; he promised that he examined his deeds to see if there was any trait worthy of being etched on his tombstone but could not find one and his successors would shame him if they wrote praise on it.