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.