Aharon of Zhitomir

Aharon of Zhitomir was a disciple of Dov Ber of Mezeritch and a representative of the sect of the Ḥasidim: born about 1750; died about 1820. He wrote Kabbalistic homilies on the Pentateuch under the title "Toledot Aharon" (The Generations of Aaron), Berditchev, 1817.

Biography
He was appointed Maggid in Zhitomir by his rabbi in the year 1988. After about three years there he moved to Hungary and served as a maggid in the cities of Karali and Ashvar.

He wrote a book containing Kabbalistic sermons on the Pentateuch of the Torah called "Toldot Aharon", Bardichev, 1817. In the book, his sermons from Zhitomir were printed in the years 1988-5161.

He died on 26 Tishrei 17 (1816). His grave was desecrated several times.