Shlomo was born to rabbi Meir in 1738 in
Tulchyn. He was a disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch, Dov Ber ben Avraham and Aharon of Karlin. After Aharon's death in 1772, he became a leader of
Hasidic Jewry in the region of Karlin where he succeeded Aharon in the role of Rebbe. He is well known mostly for his enthusiasm for prayer and supernatural miracles and his great influence in the area of modern-day
Lithuania, as well as being a co-founder of
Lechovitch Judaism. Many stories were told of Shlomo healing people with prayer and his "holy hands", including one story of him removing burns of someone who had boiling water poured on him in a
Mikveh.
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn wrote:I heard that the Rebbe (referring to his grandfather
Shneur Zalman of Liadi) said his soul is Eden upon the tzaddik, rabbi Shlomo Karliner, his soul is Eden, and that the world is resounding with him and his miracles, and said that he is only a bit higher than the earth, that by being only a bit higher than the earth, he can perform miracles.After the death of Avraham HaMalach, Shlomo raised his sons,
Sholom Shachne and Israel Chaim of Ludmir, the latter of which would marry his daughter. He was shot in
Ludmir, Ukraine, by a
Cossack named Armilos during the conflict between Russia and Poland, preceding its
partition. He died of his wounds on the 22 Tammuz 5552 (12 July 1792). The
Tzadiks of Hasidism saw him as the "
Messiah ben Joseph" who was martyred for the sanctification of God. Many prominent Hasidic rabbis are descended from Shlomo, including some on the
Baal Shem Tov's family tree, such as rabbi Dov Ber of
Chvastov, who was also a descendant of the Maggid. == Notable students ==