Anipoli is a
Hasidic
Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...
dynasty founded by
Rebbe Reb Zishe, Rabbi
Zusha of Hanipol (died 1800).
Anipoli is the
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
name of
Hannopil,
Ukraine.
Lineage
The founder of the dynasty,
Rabbi Meshulam Zusha of Hanipol or Meshulum Zusil of
Anipoli,
was an outstanding disciple of
Maggid of Mezritch, who was a disciple of the
Baal Shem Tov, the founder of
Hasidism. He was also the brother of Rebbe
Elimelech of Lizhensk.
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Rabbi Meshulam Zusha of Hanipol (1718–1800) — settled in Hanipol and Ḥasidim gathered around him; this circle grew after his brother Elimelech's death, when some of the Elimelech's Ḥasidim accepted Zusha as their rebbe.
**Menahem Zvi Hirsh, his oldest son, succeeded him in Hanipol.
**Israel Abraham (1772–1814), his youngest son, served as ḥasidic rabbi and admor in Chernyostrov. After Israel Abraham's death, his wife led the Ḥasidim for several years.
History
See also
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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 lon ...
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History of the Jews in Galicia (Central Europe)
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History of the Jews in Ukraine
References
Hasidic dynasties
Jewish Galician (Eastern Europe) history
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