Yehuda Lieb Tzvi Yevzerov

Yehuda Zvi Yabzrov (alternate spelling Yehuda Lieb Tzvi Yevzerov, , ; 1854 – April 16, 1935), also known as Yehuda Zvi Bar Moshe, was a Russian rabbi, lecturer, and Zionist.

A nationalist propagandist as well as traditional Jewish preacher (a "Maggid"), he was well known in Russia. He was one of the first and foremost members of Hovevei Zion, a Khislavichi native, and has been recognized as one of the foremost Zionist preachers – on par with Rabbi Bezalel Tsadikov (the Tsodikov Maggid), Rabbi Hyam (Chaim Zundel) Maccobi of Maccabi (the Maggid of Kaminitz or Kamenitzer Maggid), Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Masliansky and Rabbi Yitshak Nisenboim.

Biography

Died in Tel Aviv in the spring of 1935. Buried in Trumpeldor Cemetery , a site maintained by the Hevra Kadisha of Tel Aviv-Yafo. In the epitaph on his tombstone is written: "One of the first preachers to Habat Zion" ("מהמטיפים הראשונים לחבת ציון").