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Aharon Rokeach Aharon Rokeach (19 December 1880Israel, Yosef (2005). "Rescuing the Rebbe of Belz". NY:Mesorah Publications, Ltd. . – 18 August 1957) was the fourth Rebbe of the Belz Hasidic dynasty. He led the movement from 1926 until his death in 1957. ...

(1877–1957), the fourth Belzer rebbe * Elazar Rokeach (c. 1176 – 1238), Talmudist and kabbalist *

Elazar Rokeach of Amsterdam Rabbi Elazar Rokeach, also known as Eleazar ben Samuel (c. 1665—1742), was the author of ''Maaseh Rokeach'', and Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam. He was born at Kraków about 1665; died at Safed, Israel (region), Israel, 1742. According to family lege ...

, (c. 1665—1742), rabbi *

Israel Rokach Israel Rokach, Honorary CBE ( he, ישראל רוקח; December 31, 1896 – September 13, 1959) was an Israeli politician, Knesset member, and fourth mayor of Tel Aviv from November 15, 1936 until April 13, 1953. Biography Israel Rokach was bo ...

(1886–1959), Israeli politician * Joel Rokach (1909–1965), Italian–Israeli physicist and mathematician * Lucy Rokach, English professional poker player *

Malka Rokeach Malka Rokeach ( he, מלכה רוקח) was the first ''rebbetzin'' of the Hasidic dynasty of Belz. She was the wife of Rabbi Sholom Rokeach, the first ''rebbe'' of Belz, and the mother of the second ''rebbe'' of the dynasty, Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach ...

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Milton Rokeach Milton Rokeach (born in Hrubieszów as Mendel Rokicz, December 27, 1918 – October 25, 1988) was a Polish-American social psychologist. He taught at Michigan State University, the University of Western Ontario, Washington State University, and t ...

(1918–1988), Professor of social psychology *

Sholom Rokeach Sholom Rokeach (1781 – September 10, 1855), also known as the ''Sar Sholom'' ( he, שר שלום, "Angel of Peace"), was the first Belzer Rebbe. To Belzer Hasidim, he is known as "Der Ershter Rov" (the first rabbi), but in the city of Belz itse ...

(1779–1855), the first Belzer rebbe *

Yehoshua Rokeach Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach (1825 – February 3, 1894), known as the ''Mitteler Ruv'', was the second Rebbe of the Belz Hasidic dynasty. He combined Torah scholarship with practical common sense to guide thousands of Hasidim and to fight the Haskal ...

(1825–1894), the second Belzer rebbe *

Yehoshua Rokeach of Machnovka Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach (born 1949), the current Machnovka Rebbe of Bnei Brak, is a great-nephew of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshl of Machnovka, the third Machnovker Rebbe. As a scion of the Belz dynasty The lineage of the present Machnov ...

(born 1949), current Machnovka Rebbe * Yissachar Dov Rokeach (born 1948), the fifth Belzer rebbe * Yissachar Dov Rokeach (1854–1926), the third Belzer rebbe {{surname, Roḳeaḥ (Rokach, Roqeaḥ, Rokeach, Roqeach, Rokeah, Roqeah) Jewish surnames Occupational surnames Jewish families Hebrew-language surnames