Rabbi Elimelech was a leading member of this circle and authored the classic Hasidic work Noam Elimelech. It fully developed the Hasidic mystical theology of the doctrine of the Tzaddik. Alongside Nachman of Breslov's Likkutei Moharan (Popularly seen as the Hasidic book to give hope and encouragement to those trapped in problems or the impurity of "wickedness"), Schneur Zalman of Liadi's Tanya (Subtitled the Hasidic book for the "intermediate" person between the "wicked" and the "righteous", who has ease to contemplate Hasidic philosophy), Noam Elimelech is popularly regarded in Hasidic lore as the "book of the righteous". It instructs select people of great spiritual ability in the mystical paths of the Hasidic Rebbe. Because of this, Rabbi Elimelech led the proliferation of Hasidic dynas