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Kretchniff
Kretshnif (also written as ''Kretchinev'', ''Kretchniv'', ''Kretshniff'') is a Hasidic Jewish dynasty that comes from the Nadvorna dynasty. Kretshnif is located in present day Romania, near Târgu Mureș. The town name in Romanian is Crăciunești. The first rebbe of Kretshnif was Grand Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum, a son of Grand Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna. His sons and successors included Rabbi Eliezer Zev in Kretshnif, Romania and Sighit, and Rebbe Issamar of Nadvorna (d. 1973) in Chernowitz. The descendant rabbis of this dynasty span the globe, mainly in Israel, New York City, England, and Canada. Dynasty *Grand Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-Kretshniff (d. 1908), son of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer (changed last name to Rosenbaum), son-in-law of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tirer of Dorohoi **Grand Rabbi Eliezer Zev Rosenbaum of Kretshniff (d. 1944) author of ''Raza d'Shabbos'', son of Rabbi Meir of Kretshniff ***Grand Rabbi Nissan Chaim Rosenbaum, of Bradshin, son of Rabbi Eliezer Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rehovot
Rehovot ( he, רְחוֹבוֹת ''Rəḥōvōt'', ar, رحوڤوت ''Reḥūfūt'') is a city in the Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . Etymology Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu movement, proposed the name "Rehovot" (lit. 'wide expanses') based on Genesis 26:22: "And he called the name of it ''Rehoboth''; and he said: 'For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land'." This Bible verse is also inscribed in the city's logo. The biblical town of '' Rehoboth'' was located in the Negev Desert. History Ottoman era Rehovot was established in 1890 by pioneers of the First Aliyah on the coastal plain near a site called ''Khirbat Deiran'', an "abandoned or sparsely populated" estate, which now lies in the center of the built-up area of the city. According to Marom, Deiran offered "a convenient launching pad for early land purchase initiatives which shaped the pattern of Jewish settlement until the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalov (Hasidic Dynasty)
Kaliv is a Hasidic dynasty founded by Yitzchak Isaac Taub (1744–1821) of Nagykálló (in Yiddish ''Kalev, Kaalov, Kaliv''), Hungary. History Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Taub Rabbi Taub (1751 - 7 Adar 2, March 21 1821) was the rabbi of Kalov and the first Hassidic Rebbe in Hungary. He was discovered by Rabbi Leib Sarah's, a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov. Rabbi Leib first met Rabbi Isaac when he was a small shepherd boy. Rabbi Leib told his mother, a widow, that her son was destined to be a great ''Tzaddik''. He took the small child to Nikolsburg to learn with Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg. Rabbi Isaac grew to be a great rebbe and was known as "the Sweet Singer of Israel". He composed many popular Hasidic melodies. Often he adapted Hungarian folk songs, which were transformed by him to sacred songs. He taught that the tunes he heard were really from the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, and were lost among the nations over the years, and he found them and returned them to the Jewish peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ropshitz (Hasidic Dynasty)
Ropshitz ( yi, , he, ) is the name of a Hasidic dynasty, or rabbinical family and group, who are descendants of Rabbi Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz (1760–1827). Ropshitz is the name of a town in southern Poland, known in Polish as Ropczyce. Several contemporary ''rebbes'' are styled "Ropshitzer ''Rebbe''", in reference to the Ropshitz dynasty: Rebbe Chaim Rubin, Ropshitzer ''Rebbe'' of Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York (see Ropshitz branch below), and others. Lineage Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Linsk Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rubin of Linsk (Lesko) ( – 1803 3 Tishri 5564 is often considered the first ''rebbe'' of the Ropshitz dynasty. His father, Rabbi Yaakov, was the rabbi of Linsk. He married Beila, daughter of Rabbi Yizchak Halevi Horowitz (called Reb Itzikl Hamburger), the rabbi of (the triple Jewish community of Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbek). He was a disciple of the Hasidic ''rebbes'' Yechiel Michel, the ''maggid'' of Zlotshov, and Elimelech of Lizhensk. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dombrov (Hasidic Dynasty)
Dombrov is a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Mordechai Dovid Unger (c. 1770-1846). Dombrov is the Yiddish name of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, a town in present-day Poland. Lineage Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger was the son of Tsvi Hersh, a disciple of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk and Rabbi Avrohom Yehosua Heshil of Apt. He studied under the Kozhnitzer Magid. Lineage of the Unger Family *Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger of Dombrov **Grand Rabbi Yosef of Dombrov—son of R' Morechai Dovid ***Grand Rabbi Yisroel Elimelech Unger of Zhabno—son of R' Yosef ****Grand Rabbi Mordechai David Unger of Tsanz—son of R' Yisroel Elimelech, son-in-law of Rabbi Moshe Unger son-in-law of *****Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Unger of Tsanz—son of R'mordechai david , son-in-law of Rabbi Sholom Reinman of Narol ******Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Unger, Dombrover Rebbe in America—son of R' Ben Zion *******Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Unger, present Dombrover Rebbe of Boro Park *******Grand Rabbi Mordechai David Ung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drohobych
Drohobych ( uk, Дрого́бич, ; pl, Drohobycz; yi, דראָהאָביטש;) is a city of regional significance in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Drohobych Raion and hosts the administration of Drohobych urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. In 1939–1941 and 1944–1959 it was the center of Drohobych Oblast. The city was founded at the end of eleventh century as an important trading post and transport node between Kyiv Rus' and the lands to the West of Rus'. After extinction of the local Ruthenian dynasty and subsequent incorporation of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia into the Polish Kingdom by 1349, from the fifteenth century the city was developing as a mercantile and saltworks centre. Drohobych became part of the Habsburg Empire in 1772 after the first partition of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the mid-nineteenth century it became Europe's largest oil extraction center, which significantly contributed to its rapid developm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakhiv
Rakhiv ( uk, Рахів, ; yi, ראַכעוו, hu, Rahó, ro, Rahău, rue, Рахово; see below) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Rakhiv Raion (district). Population: . Rakhiv's date of the foundation is often taken to be 1447, although a written mentions of this settlement are attested since AD 910. Names There are several alternative names used for this city: rue, Рахово; hu, Rahó; ro, Rahău; russian: Рахов, Rakhov; yi, ראחוב, Rakhev or ''Rakhyv''; sk, Rachov; german: Rachiw; pl, Rachów. Demographics As of 2017, the city population was inhabitants.Statistical Collection "Population of Ukraine" as of January 1, 2017PDF(zip) Features Rakhiv, or more precisely, the village Dilove located close to it, is one of several European locations vying for the symbolic right to be Geographical centre of Europe. The sign in Dilove, the point calculated in 1887 by the Austro-Hunga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satu Mare
Satu Mare (; hu, Szatmárnémeti ; german: Sathmar; yi, סאטמאר or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the region of Maramureș, broadly part of Transylvania. Mentioned in the ''Gesta Hungarorum'' as ("Zotmar's fort"), the city has a history going back to the Middle Ages. Today, it is an academic, cultural, industrial, and business centre in the Nord-Vest development region. Geography Satu Mare is situated in Satu Mare County, in northwest Romania, on the river Someș, from the border with Hungary and from the border with Ukraine. The city is located at an altitude of on the Lower Someș alluvial plain, spreading out from the Administrative Palace at 25 October Square. The boundaries of the municipality contain an area of . From a geomorphologic point of view, the city is located on the Someș Meadow on both sides of the river, which n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debrecen
Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and it is one of the Hungarian people's most important cultural centres.Antal Papp: Magyarország (Hungary), Panoráma, Budapest, 1982, , p. 860, pp. 463-477 Debrecen was also the capital city of Hungary during the revolution in 1848–1849. During the revolution, the dethronement of the Habsburg dynasty was declared in the Reformed Great Church. The city also served as the capital of Hungary by the end of World War II in 1944–1945. It is home of the University of Debrecen. Etymology The city is first documented in 1235, as ''Debrezun''. The name derives from the Turkic word , which means 'live' or 'move' and is also a male given name. Another theory says the name is of Slavic origin and means 'well-esteemed', from Slavic Dьbricinъ or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pest, Hungary
Pest () is the eastern, mostly flat part of Budapest, Hungary, comprising about two-thirds of the city's territory. It is separated from Buda and Óbuda, the western parts of Budapest, by the Danube River. Among its most notable sights are the Inner City (Budapest), Inner City, the Hungarian Parliament Building, Heroes' Square (Budapest), Heroes' Square and Andrássy Avenue. In colloquial Hungarian language, Hungarian, "Pest" is often used for the whole Capital (political), capital of Budapest. The three parts of Budapest (Pest, Buda, Óbuda) united in 1873. Etymology According to Ptolemy the settlement was called ''Pession'' in ancient times (Contra-Aquincum). Alternatively, the name ''Pest'' may have come from a Slavic word meaning "furnace", "oven" (Bulgarian ; Serbian /''peć''; Croatian ''peć''), related to the word (meaning "cave"), probably with reference to a local cave where fire burned. The spelling ''Pesth'' was occasionally used in English, even as late as the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislov (Hasidic Dynasty)
The Stanislav hasidic dynasty was established in western Ukraine in a town now known as Ivano-Frankivsk. The town used to be called Stanisławów, and is still known in Yiddish as ''Stanislav''. The dynasty's founders were the descendants of Rabbi Chanoch Henoch Dov Mayer, first Rebbe of Alesk, son-in-law of Rabbi Sholom Rokeach of Belz. Arriving in London after surviving the Holocaust, Rabbi Meshulem Yisosschor Ashkenazi, born in 1905, became known as the Stanislav-Alesker Rebbe. He was a descendant of the Chacham Zvi. After his death on 6 November 1994, his son, Rabbi Uri Ashkenazi, became the Stanislaver Rebbe of London. He was a well-known mohel and had a Beth midrash in Stamford Hill at 93 Lordship Park, London. He died on 26 March 2020 of coronavirus at the age of 76. Additional dynasty There is an additional Hasidic dynasty known as the Stanislov dynasty of Monsey, New York. The previous Stanislover Rebbe of Monsey was Rabbi Yisroel Rosenbaum, (1931–2009), a scion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsey, New York
Monsey (, yi, מאנסי, translit=Monsi) is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States, located north of Airmont, east of Viola, south of New Hempstead, and west of Spring Valley. The village of Kaser is surrounded by the hamlet of Monsey. The 2020 census listed the population at 26,954. The hamlet has a large, and growing, community of Orthodox Jews. History Rockland County was inhabited by the Munsee band of Lenape Native Americans, who were speakers of the Algonquian languages. Monsey Glen, a Native American encampment, is located west of the intersection of State Route 59 and State Route 306. Numerous artifacts have been found there and some rock shelters are still visible. The Monsey railroad station, which received its name from an alternate spelling of the Munsee Lenape, was built when the New York & Erie Railroad passed through the glen in 1841. In the 1950s, Monsey was a one stoplight town with a singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
