Rabbi Menachem Mendel was a student of the Baal Shem Tov. He was praised by other known students of the Baal Shem Tov for his way of prayer, they also claimed they he was being visited by Eliyahu the prophet.

In 1763 he arrived in Eretz Yisrael with Rabbi Nachman of Haradanka another Baal Shem Tov disciple. They settled in Tveria (Tiberias), where R' Menchem Mendel was buried after his death.   

May the merit of the tzaddik  Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Premishlan  protect us all, Amen.