R' Israel HaLevi of Bacau, Bukovina

GEDCOM Note

While the identification is questionable, below is an excerpt from: Ner Tamid: Yizkor leBrody. Edited by: Organization of former Brody residents in Israel, 1994

Rabbi Israel Landa of Brody, father of the famous scholar our teacher Rabbi Elazar Landa Brod, author of the famous book Yad Hamelech, new interpretations on the RAMBAM (Maimonides) (Lwow, 5582 [1821/2]).

Brody elders would spoke about his righteousness, his wisdom and his holiness. The scholar MAHARSHAK z”l related that several hours before his death he stood outside in front of his house, which was far from the house of R'Elazar, and yet he could hear him say in a very loud voice his confession [Viduy] and Ani Ma'amin.

He died in 5591 [1830/1] in Brody.

His grandson, the righteous scholar R'Israel [Segal] Landa z”l ABD Zlotchov, had been one of the respected and rich residents of Kiev, but had to flee the town at the time of the Beilis trial [1913], because he was Zeitzov's [a witness in Beilis trial] brother-in-law. In the introduction of his book Nefesh Chaya on the Tractate Beitza he writes at length about the history of this precious family - the Landa family - and its pedigree.

Elsewhere in the book, there is the statement:

According to the scholar the tzaddik our teacher Rabbi Israel Segal Landa, RABD [head of the religious court] in the community of Zlotchov, in his book Nefesh Chaya ....