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Kuzmir (Hasidic Dynasty)
Kuzmir is a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yechezkel Taub (1772–1856), a disciple of Yaakov Yitzchak (the Seer of Lublin), Yisroel Hopstein (the Kozhnitser Magid) and Shmuel of Karov. Kuzmir is the Yiddish name of Kazimierz Dolny, a town in present-day Poland. The dynasty's branches include the Yablono, Zvolin and Modzitz dynasties, as well as Kfar Hasidim, a moshav in Israel. The title of was revived for its current holder, Rebbe Pinchas Moshe Taub, the brother of the present Modzitzer Rebbe. Lineage * Grand Rabbi Yechezkel Taub of Kuzmir (died 1856) ** Grand Rabbi David Zvi of Yablona (d. 1882), son of the Kuzmirer, disciple of Menachem Mendel Morgensztern of Kotzk ** Grand Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Taub of Zvolin (d. 1888), son of the Kuzmirer *** Grand Rabbi Moshe Aharon of Zvolin (d. 1918) *** Grand Rabbi Yisrael Taub of Modzitz, (1849–1920), author of ''Divrei Yisrael'', son of the Zvoliner **** Grand Rabbi Shaul Yedidya Elazar Taub of Modzitz (1886–1947), au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimierz Rynek
Kazimierz (; la, Casimiria; yi, קוזמיר, Kuzimyr) is a historical district of Kraków and Kraków Old Town, Poland. From its inception in the 14th century to the early 19th century, Kazimierz was an independent city, a royal city of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom, located south of the Old Town of Kraków, separated from it by a branch of the Vistula river. For many centuries, Kazimierz was a place where ethnic Polish and Jewish cultures coexisted and intermingled. The northeastern part of the district was historically Jewish. In 1941, the Jews of Kraków were forcibly relocated by the German occupying forces into the Krakow ghetto just across the river in Podgórze, and most did not survive the war. Today, Kazimierz is one of the major tourist attractions of Krakow and an important center of cultural life of the city. The boundaries of Kazimierz are defined by an old island in the Vistula river. The northern branch of the river (''Stara Wisła'' – Old Vistula) was filled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeshiva
A yeshiva (; he, ישיבה, , sitting; pl. , or ) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are studied in parallel. The studying is usually done through daily ''shiurim'' (lectures or classes) as well as in study pairs called '' chavrusas'' (Aramaic for 'friendship' or 'companionship'). ''Chavrusa''-style learning is one of the unique features of the yeshiva. In the United States and Israel, different levels of yeshiva education have different names. In the United States, elementary-school students enroll in a ''cheder'', post- bar mitzvah-age students learn in a ''metivta'', and undergraduate-level students learn in a ''beit midrash'' or ''yeshiva gedola'' ( he, ישיבה גדולה, , large yeshiva' or 'great yeshiva). In Israel, elementary-school students enroll in a ''Talmud Torah'' or ''cheder'', post-bar mitzvah-age students l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of The Jews In Poland
The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Ashkenazi Jewish community in the world. Poland was a principal center of Jewish culture, because of the long period of statutory toleration, religious tolerance and Qahal, social autonomy which ended after the Partitions of Poland in the 18th century. During World War II there was a nearly complete genocide, genocidal destruction of the Polish Jewish community by Nazi Germany and its collaborators of various nationalities, during the German occupation of Poland between 1939 and 1945, called the Holocaust. Since the fall of communism in Poland, there has been a renewed interest in Jewish culture, featuring an annual Jewish Culture Festival, new study programs at Polish secondary schools and universities, and the opening of Warsaw's Museum of the History of Polish Jews. From the founding of the Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385), Kingdom of Poland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as revealed by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and faithfully transmitted ever since. Orthodox Judaism, therefore, advocates a strict observance of Jewish law, or ''halakha'', which is to be interpreted and determined exclusively according to traditional methods and in adherence to the continuum of received precedent through the ages. It regards the entire ''halakhic'' system as ultimately grounded in immutable revelation, and beyond external influence. Key practices are observing the Sabbath, eating kosher, and Torah study. Key doctrines include a future Messiah who will restore Jewish practice by building the temple in Jerusalem and gathering all the Jews to Israel, belief in a future bodily resurrection of the dead, divine reward and punishment for the righteous and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Off The Derech
Off the ''derech'' ( he, דֶּרֶךְ, pronounced: , meaning: path) (OTD) is a Yeshiva-English expression used to describe a Jew who has left an Orthodox Jewish community. Despite its negative connotation in insinuating that the exiter has left a single acceptable path, the term has been reclaimed and used by some OTD individuals and groups to self describe. "Off the ''derech''" as a term applies to a broad range of formerly Orthodox Jewish individuals including those who leave Hasidic communities, other types of Haredi communities, and Modern Orthodox communities, and whose new lifestyles can be other forms of Judaism, or no religion at all. Leaving the ultra Orthodox community is largely reported to be a hard experience emotionally, socially and financially, often involving multiple risks and losses. There is a wide and varied array of reasons given for leaving. A significant number of studies seek to examine these reasons, and the combination of their findings suggests that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Religious Zionism
Religious Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת דָּתִית, Romanization of Hebrew, translit. ''Tziyonut Datit'') is an ideology that combines Zionism and Orthodox Judaism. Its adherents are also referred to as ''Dati Leumi'' ( "National Religious"), and in Israel, they are most commonly known by the plural form of the first part of that term Datiim ( "Religious"). The community is sometimes called ''Kippah seruga'', literally, "Knitted kippah", the typical head covering which is worn by Jews, Jewish men. Before the establishment of the State of Israel, most Religious Zionists were observant Jews who supported Zionist efforts to build a Jewish state in the Land of Israel. Religious Zionism revolves around three pillars: the Land of Israel, the People of Israel, and the Torah of Israel. The Hardal ( ''Ḥaredi Le'umi''; lit., "Nationalist Haredi") are a sub-community, stricter in its observance, and more statist in its politics. Those Religious Zionists, who are less strict in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yechezkel Taub (Yablon)
Rabbi Yechezkel Taub (7 October 1895 – 22 May 1986) was the Yabloner Rebbe (Grand Rabbi of Yablon, or Jablonna, Poland). Taub was a Hasidic leader in the migration from Europe to Israel in the interwar years, and a founder of Kfar Hasidim. He was a namesake and descendant of the first Rabbi Yechezkel Taub, Grand Rebbe of Kuzmir. He lost his faith after the Holocaust, becoming a secular Los Angelan laborer and businessman, with his past identity hidden. He was later bankrupted, and began his college education at an advanced age. Eventually, he returned to Judaism, moved back to Israel, and resumed a minor role as Rebbe for the last few years of his life. Origins In the 18th century, Yechezkel Taub, great-great-grandfather of the subject of this article, founded a Hasidic court in Kuzmir (the Yiddish name for Kazimierz Dolny). His descendants formed many branch sects, including the musical Modzitzer group, whose Rebbes are also named Taub. The first Yechezkel Taub's son, Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Holocaust
The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. The murders were carried out in pogroms and mass shootings; by a policy of extermination through labor in concentration camps; and in gas chambers and gas vans in German extermination camps, chiefly Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bełżec, Chełmno, Majdanek, Sobibór, and Treblinka in occupied Poland. Germany implemented the persecution in stages. Following Adolf Hitler's appointment as chancellor on 30 January 1933, the regime built a network of concentration camps in Germany for political opponents and those deemed "undesirable", starting with Dachau on 22 March 1933. After the passing of the Enabling Act on 24 March, which gave Hitler dictatorial plenary powers, the government began isolating Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bnei Brak
Bnei Brak or Bene Beraq ( he, בְּנֵי בְּרַק ) is a city located on the central Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Israeli coastal plain, coastal plain in Israel, just east of Tel Aviv. A center of Haredi Judaism, Bnei Brak covers an area of 709 hectares (1752 acres, or 2.74 square miles), and had a population of in . It is one of the poorest and most densely populated cities in Israel, and the 5th-most List of cities by population density, densely populated city in the world. History Bnei Brak takes its name from the ancient Biblical city of Beneberak, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, Tanakh (Joshua 19:45) in a long list of towns within the allotment of the tribe of Dan. Bnei Brak was founded as an agricultural village by eight Polish Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic families who had come to Palestine as part of the Fourth Aliyah. Yitzchok Gerstenkorn led them. It was founded about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from the site of Biblical Beneberak. Bnei Brak was originally a moshava, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radoshitz (Hasidic Dynasty)
Radoshitz, also spelled Radishitz, is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yisochor Ber Baron (1765–1843) of Radoshitz, also known as the ''Saba Kadisha''. He was a student of the Seer of Lublin and of the Maggid of Kozhnitz.Sefer Kedoshim (ספר קדושים) Page 398 (Language Yiddish) http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=49923&st=&pgnum=406 He was particularly dedicated to the mitzvah of Kiddush HaChodesh, the sanctification of the month. Radoshitz is the Yiddish name of Radoszyce, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, a town in present-day Poland. Lineage *Grand Rabbi Yischar Baer (1765–16-June-1843) of Radoshitz **Grand Rabbi Israel Isac (1810–1857), son of Rabbi Yischar Baer ***Grand Rabbi Yaakov David, son of Rabbi Israel Isac History Yischar Baer also known as the "Saba Kadisha" or, holy elder of Radoshitz was featured in the famous account of when he discovered the clock of his late teacher, the Chozeh of Lublin. See also *History of the Jews in Polan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radomsk
Radomsk ( he, רדומסק) is a Hasidic dynasty named after the town of Radomsko in Łódź province, south-central Poland. The dynasty was founded in 1843 by Rabbi Shlomo Hakohen Rabinowicz (the ''Tiferes Shlomo''), one of the great Hasidic masters of 19th-century Poland. His son, grandson and great-grandson led the dynasty in turn, attracting thousands of followers. On the eve of World War II, Radomsk was the third largest Hasidic dynasty in Poland, after Ger and Alexander. The town of Radomsko was destroyed and most of its Jews deported and killed during the German occupation of Poland in World War II. The fourth Radomsker Rebbe, Rabbi Shlomo Chanoch Hakohen Rabinowicz, was murdered by the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942, bringing the father-to-son dynasty to an end. In 1965, Radomsker Hasidim who had survived the Holocaust and were living in Israel asked Rabbi Menachem Shlomo Bornsztain, the fifth Sochatchover Rebbe and a descendant of the first Radomsker Rebbe, to beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shlomo Rabinowicz
Shlomo Hakohen Rabinowicz (also spelled Rabinowitz, Rabinowich, Rabinovitch) (1801 – 16 March 1866) was the first Rebbe of the Radomsk (Hasidic dynasty), Radomsk Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic dynasty and one of the great Hasidic masters of History of the Jews in 19th-century Poland, 19th-century Poland. He is known as the ''Tiferes Shlomo'' after the title of his ''Sefer (Hebrew), sefer'', which is considered a classic in Hasidic literature. Early life Rabinowicz's year of birth is variously cited as 1795, 1796, 1800, 1801, or 1803. He was born in Włoszczowa, Poland to Dov Zvi (d. 1839), the ''Beth din#Officers of a beth din, av beis din'' (head of the rabbinical court) of Włoszczowa. Like most of the Jews of Poland, he was called by his first name and patronymic; his children were the first to begin using the surname Rabinowicz. He was a descendant of Nathan Nata Spira (1585 – 1633), a leading Polish Kabbalah, Kabbalist and author of ''Megaleh Amukot, Megaleh Amukos''. Rabinowi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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