Eliyahu Shlomo HaLevi of Lyde

Reb Eliyahu was born around 1840 to a rabbinic family in Lyde. His father Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz-Winograd (1810-1863) was a prominent Hasidic rabbi from Dresden, who immigrated to Lyde for economic reasons and added "Winograd" meaning "vineyard" to his surname. Reb Eliyahu was the paternal great-great-grandson of the Hasidic master, Shmelke Horowitz of Nikolsburg (1726-1778). Reb Eliyahu's mother, Itka Shor was a descendant of Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen, Moses Isserles, Joel Sirkis and David HaLevi Segal.[1] In his early years, Reb Eliyahu learned at the Yeshiva of the Jacob Barit in Vilna, alongside the Chofetz Chaim. It was also during this time that Reb Eliyahu married Sheyn Edel Rabinowitz, the daughter of the wealthy Torah scholar Rabbi Izaak Judah Löb Rabinowitz (1806-1853) who helped Reb Eliyahu to establish himself. Following this, Reb Eliyahu went to Karlin, where he became a leading disciple of Aharon of Karlin, after whose death in 1872, several of his disciples followed Reb Eliyahu to Lyde, where he established a Hasidic court. Over the course of many years, Reb Eliyahu attracted many followers and turned Lyde into a Hasidic hub. Around this time, Yitzchak Yaacov Reines became the Misnagidc rabbi in Lyde, establishing a Mizrachi (religious Zionist) Yeshiva. Reb Eliyahu had reportedly warm relations with Rabbi Reines, perhaps influenced by his exposure to Misnagdus in Vilna. During his time as the Lyder Rebbe, Reb Eliyahu garnered attention for Kabbalistic insight and his vast Talmudic knowledge. In the final years of his life, Reb Eliyahu moved to Warsaw where he died in 1878.[2][3][4] He had eight children in total, all of whom adopted the surname "Winogradow". His eldest son was the Warsaw-based industrialist and rabbi, Reb Abram Winogradow (1860-1932).[5] Reb Eliyahu's second-oldest son, Samuel Shemariah Winogradow (1866-1932) was a prominent businessman in Lyde and was the father-in-law of Eugenia Winogradow (1910-1992), the first female judge of the State of Israel.[6] Reb Eliyahu's daughter Leonie was the mother of the Polish artist Aleksander Żyw (1905-1995).