Yechezkel Feivel

Yechezkel Feivel ben Ze'ev Wolf (Yiddish: יחזקאל פיוויל בן זאב וואלף, romanized: Yeḥezkel Feivel ben Ze'ev Volf; 1755–1833) was the Maggid in Vilnius in the early 19th century and the author of several books, including Toldos Adam, a hagiography of Rabbi Zalman of Vilna, the famed brother of Chaim of Volozhin and student of the Vilna Gaon.

Early in life he filled the position of rabbi in his native town, and later at Deretschin.

He then traveled as a maggid through Germany and Hungary, and, after residing for some time at Breslau, returned to Polangen and devoted himself to literary work.

[2] Feivel's magnum opus, the biography Toldos Adam, achieved singular success in the rabbinic world.

[4][5][6][7] It has been demonstrated that large parts of Toldos Adam were lifted verbatim from the works of leading Maskilim such as Moses Mendelssohn and Naphtali Hirz Wessely, though not attributed to them.