Bohush ( yi, בוהוש) is a

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named for the town of

Buhuși Buhuși (; hu, Buhus; yi, באהוש, Bohush) is a town in Bacău County, Romania with a population of 14,562 (2011). It was first mentioned in the 15th century when it was named "Bodești" and was a property of an important family of Boyars na ...

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. The dynasty began in the mid-nineteenth century with

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Yitzchok Friedman of Bohush, the eldest grandson of Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhyn, and was based in that town until 1951, when his great-grandson, Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman of Bohush-Tel Aviv, moved the dynasty to

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

. In 1987 the Bohush ''

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'' was transferred to

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, where the dynasty is led today by Rabbi Yaakov Mendel Friedman, a great-great-grandson of the first Bohusher Rebbe.Friedman, ''The Golden Dynasty'', p. 244. Rabbi Yaakov Mendel leads his court at 12 Rechov Chaggai, a few doors away from the original

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in Bnei Brak. He leads it with a fire and a passion. Since he took on the mantle of leadership, the Hasidus has expanded tremendously with three

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, two

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s, and communities all over Israel, in The United States,

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and

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. Bohush is one of the branches of the Ruzhiner dynasty, together with

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, Chortkov,

Husiatyn Husiatyn ( uk, Гусятин; yi, הוסיאַטין, Husyatin) is an urban-type settlement in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Alternate spellings include Gusyatin, Husyatin, and Hsiatyn. It hosts the administratio ...

Sadigura Sadhora ( uk, Садгора; german: Sadagora; pl, Sadagóra; ro, Sadagura; yi, סאדיגורא Sadigora, also Sadagura and Sadiger) is a settlement in Ukraine, now a Sadhirskyi District of Chernivtsi city, which is located 6 km from the ...

, and Shtefanesht.

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* Rebbe

Yisrael Friedman Israel Friedman of Ruzhyn ( he, ישראל פרידמן מרוז'ין) (5 October 1796 – 9 October 1850Assaf, ''The Regal Way'', p. 170.), also called Israel Ruzhin, was a Hasidic ''rebbe'' in 19th-century Ukraine and Austria. Known as ''Der He ...

of Ruzhin (born October 5, 1796 at Ruzhyn, died October 9, 1851 at

Sadhora Sadhora ( uk, Садгора; german: Sadagora; pl, Sadagóra; ro, Sadagura; yi, סאדיגורא Sadigora, also Sadagura and Sadiger) is a settlement in Ukraine, now a Sadhirskyi District of Chernivtsi city, which is located 6 km from the ...

), the ** Rebbe Shalom Yosef Friedman of

(born 1812 at Ruzhin, died September 8, 1851 at

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), eldest son of Rebbe Yisrael *** Rebbe Yitzchok Friedman, first rebbe of Bohush (born December 7, 1834 at Buhuşi, died August 19, 1896 at Buhuşi), son of Rebbe Shalom Yosef. Rebbe Yitzchok is sometimes referred to as the "Pachad Yitzchak" of Bohush (not to be confused with his first cousin, the Pachad Yitzchak of

, son of Rabbi Avraham Yaakov of

). **** Rebbe Yisroel Shulem Yosef Friedman of Bohush (born September 25, 1855 at Buhuşi, died April 9, 1923 at Buhuşi), son of Rebbe Yitzchok **** Rebbe Dovid Friedman of Bohush, second son of Rebbe Yitzchok ***** Rebbe Menachem Mendel Fridman of Bohush (died 1943 at Buhuşi after the Romanian authorities didn't allow him to travel to

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for surgery), son of Rebbe Dovid and son-in-law of Rebbe Yisroel Shulem Yosef ***** Rebbe Sholom Yosef of Shpikov (died 1920 of

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), son of Rebbe Dovid Friedman of Bohush ****** Rebbe Yitzchok Friedman of Bohush-Shpikov (born May 1903 at Shpikov, died August 12, 1992 at

Arosa , neighboring_municipalities= Alvaneu, Davos, Langwies, Lantsch/Lenz, Molinis, Peist, Schmitten, Tschiertschen, Vaz/Obervaz, Wiesen , twintowns = Fukumitsu (Japan) Arosa is a town and a municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of Gr ...

), son of Rebbe Sholom Yosef and husband of his cousin, Yocheved Feige, daughter of Rebbe Menachem Mendel *******Rebbe Yaakov Mendel Friedman of Bohush, grandson of Rebbe Yitzchok **** Sheva Shapira (Friedman), daughter of Rebbe Yitzchok of Bohush, wife of Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel Shapira, Rebbe of Drohobitz (son of Hadassah Faigah, who was the daughter of Rebbe Avrohom Yaakov Friedman, first Rebbe of Sadigura) ***** Rebbe Avraham Yaakov Shapira of Drohobitz, son of Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel Shapira and Sheva Shapira (Friedman), Rebbe of Drohobitz **** Chava Gitel (born and died in Romania), daughter of Rebbe Yitzchok, wife of Rebbe Mordechai Zishe Twersky ***** Rebbe Dovid Twersky of Bohush (born 1884 at

Turiisk Turiisk ( ua, Турійськ) is an urban settlement (town) in Volyn Oblast (province) in Ukraine, located in the historic region of the Volhynia. It is located in Kovel Raion. Population: History During World War II, in 1942, Jews of the vi ...

, died December 11, 1933 at Iaşi), son of Chava Gitel and son-in-law of Rebbe Yisroel Shulem Yosef

References

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Buhusi.NET - Bohush Dynasty Part I

Buhusi.NET - Bohush Dynasty Part II
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