Ropshitz ( yi, , he, ) is the name of 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, or
rabbi
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nical family and group, who are descendants of Rabbi
Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz
Naftali Zvi Horowitz of Ropshitz (May 22, 1760 – May 8, 1827) was a Galician ''rebbe''.
Biography
Horowitz was born on May 22, 1760, the day that the Baal Shem Tov died, to Menachem Mendel Rubin of Linsk. His mother Beila was the daughter of ...
(1760–1827). Ropshitz is the name of a town in southern
Poland
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, known in Polish as
Ropczyce
Ropczyce ( yi, ראָפּשיץ) is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship in south-eastern Poland, situated in the valley of the Wielopolka River (a tributary of the Wisłoka, Wisłoka River). The town has a population of 15,098 (). and is the ...
.
Several contemporary ''rebbes'' are styled "Ropshitzer ''Rebbe''", in reference to the Ropshitz dynasty: Rebbe Chaim Rubin, Ropshitzer ''Rebbe'' of
Borough Park, Brooklyn
Borough Park (also spelled Boro Park) is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City. The neighborhood is bordered by Bensonhurst to the south, Dyker Heights to the southwest, Sunset Park to the west, ...
, New York (see
Ropshitz branch below), and others.
Lineage
Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Linsk
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rubin of Linsk (
Lesko
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) ( – 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
Halevi (''the Levite'' or ''of Levi'') may refer to:
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Horowitz (called Reb Itzikl Hamburger), the rabbi of (the triple Jewish community of
Altona,
Hamburg
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, and
Wandsbek
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). He was a disciple of the Hasidic ''rebbes'' Yechiel Michel, the ''
maggid
A maggid ( he, מַגִּיד), also spelled as magid, is a traditional Jewish religious itinerant preacher, skilled as a narrator of Torah and religious stories. A chaplain of the more scholarly sort is called a '' darshan'' (). The title of '' ...
'' of Zlotshov, and
Elimelech of Lizhensk
Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk (1717–March 11, 1787) was a rabbi and one of the great founding Rebbes of the Hasidic movement. He was known after his hometown, Leżajsk ( yi, ליזשענסק, translit=Lizhensk) near Rzeszów in Poland. He was ...
. He was the rabbi of Leshnov (
Leshniv); then, , he became the rabbi of
Horodenka
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. In [], after the death of his father, he inherited the latter's position as the rabbi of Linsk.
His descendants continued the rabbinical dynasty of Linsk until the Holocaust. A collection of his writings was published by his descendant Yehoshua Rubin of Baligród as ''Liḳuṭe Maharam'' (), appended to his son, Rebbe Naftali of Ropshitz' ''Ayalah sheluḥah'' ().
Rebbe Naftali Tzvi of Ropshitz
Rebbe Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz (1760–1827), son of Rabbi Mendl of Linsk. Subsequently ''rebbe'' and rabbi of Ropshitz, he succeeded his father as the rabbi of Linsk, and was the rabbi of
Strzyżów
Strzyżów is a town in Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, along the Wisłok river valley. Strzyżów is one of the towns within the Strzyżowsko-Dynowskie Foothill, located south-east of Kraków and 30 km from Rzesz ...
(Strizhov) as well. His children were Rebbe Avraham Chaim of Linsk, Rebbe Yaakov of
Melitz, Rebbe Eliezer of Dzhikov, and Ratza, wife of Rebbe Asher Yeshaya Rubin of Ropshitz.
Melitz branch
* Rebbe Yaakov Horowitz of
Melitz ( – 1836), son of Rebbe Naftali Tzvi. His father appointed him as the rabbi of Kolbasov (
Kolbuszowa
Kolbuszowa ( yi, קאלבאסאוו) is a small town in south-eastern Poland, with 9,190 inhabitants (02.06.2009).
Situated in the Sandomierz Forest in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), it is the capital of Kolbuszowa County. Kolbuszo ...
). In about 1810, he was chosen by the Jews of Melitz (
Mielec
Mielec ( yi, מעליץ-Melitz) is the largest city and seat of Mielec County. Mielec is located in south-eastern Poland (Lesser Poland), in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Województwo Podkarpackie). The population of Mielec in December 2021 was ...
) to be the town's rabbi and was smuggled out of Kolbasov (as he was beloved by the townsfolk of Kolbasov, and they did not allow him to leave). In Melitz he began to officiate as a ''rebbe''.
His teachings were published from manuscript in
754
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as ''Zeraʻ Yaʻaḳov'' (). Selected portions of this manuscript had been published previously.
Linsk branch
* Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz of Linsk ( or
– 1831), son of Rebbe Naftali Tzvi. He briefly succeeded his father as rabbi of Linsk, but died soon after.
** Rebbe Menachem Mendel Horowitz of Linsk (died 1868), son of Rebbe Avraham Chaim
*** Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz (the second) of Linsk ( or – 1904), son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel.
*** Rabbi Yisrael Horowitz of Veislitz (
Wiślica
Wiślica is a town in Busko County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wiślica. It lies on the Nida River, approximately south of Busko-Zdrój and ...
), son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel. Rabbi of Veislitz.
Dzhikov branch
* Rebbe Eliezer Horowitz of
Dzhikov (died October 19, 1860
Cheshvan 5621, son of Rebbe Naftali Tzvi
** Rebbe Meir Horowitz of Dzhikov (died June 19, 1877
Tammuz 5637, son of Rebbe Eliezer. Rabbi of Tarnobrzeg (Dzhikov) concurrently with his father's being ''rebbe'' there. He succeeded his father as ''rebbe'' also. He died in
Karlsbad. His teachings were published in ''Imre No'am'' () (Jarosław, 1907).
*** Rebbe Naftali Chaim Horowitz of Dzhikov (died 1894), son of Rebbe Meir and son-in-law of Rebbe Moshe Unger of the
Dombrov
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 Rabb ...
dynasty, son-in-law of Rebbe
Chaim Halberstam
Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1793–1876) ( he, חיים הלברשטאם מצאנז), known as the ''Divrei Chaim'' after his sefer (works), was the rabbi of Sanz ( pl, Nowy Sącz), a famous Hasidic Rebbe and the founder of the Sanz Hasidic dyn ...
of Sanz. He settled in
Safed
Safed (known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as Tzfat; Sephardi Hebrew, Sephardic Hebrew & Modern Hebrew: צְפַת ''Tsfat'', Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation, Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Tzfas'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Ṣǝp̄aṯ''; ar, صفد, ''Ṣafad''), i ...
and later in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
, and after his father's death refused to return to Poland to lead his father's followers. He was renowned for his mysterious behavior. Author of ''Minḥah ḥadashah'' () (Jerusalem, 1880).
**** Rebbe Betzalel Horowitz of
Pilzno
Pilzno is a town in Poland, in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in Dębica County. It has 4,943 inhabitants as of 2018. It is located at the junction of important roads – West-East European E40 Highway, and National Road 73 (''Droga Krajowa nr. 73 ...
( – ), son of Rebbe Naftali Chaim. He married Gitele, the eldest daughter of his great-uncle, Rebbe Reuven Horowitz of Dembitz, and was one of his successors as the ''rebbe'' of Dembitz, and a contender for the rabbinate of Dembitz. He was the rabbi of Pilzno. He died young.
***** Rebbe Menashe Horowitz of Pilzno, son of Rebbe Betzalel. He succeeded his father as the rabbi of Pilzno, and died in the Holocaust.
**** Rebbe Eliezer Nisan Horowitz of Safed (died 1916), son of Rebbe Naftali Chaim.
He married Miriam, daughter of Rabbi Yaakov Kahane, the rabbi of Chutzi-Emer (,
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukrain ...
, Ukraine). After his premature death, she married
Rebbe Yisrael Hager of the Vizhnitz dynasty in his second marriage, who raised her three daughters.
***** Rebbe Mordechai Yehuda Adler, a descendant of the
Lelov
Lelov ( yi, לעֶלוֹב) is a Polish-Israeli Hasidic dynastic court, which traces its origins to the town of Lelów, Poland where the court was established in 1815 by Rabbi Dovid Biderman (1746-1814).
The Lelover dynasty migrated from Poland ...
dynasty and son-in-law of Rebbe Eliezer Nisan Horowitz. After his premature death, his wife, Tzirel, daughter of Rebbe Eliezer, married her step-brother Rebbe Baruch Hager, the ''Rebbe'' of Seret of the
Vizhnitz dynasty (son of Rebbe Yisrael), who raised her children from her first marriage.
[ ]
****** Rebbe Naftali Chaim Adler (1909 or 1914 – 1995), Dzhikover ''Rebbe'' of
Netanya
Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate I ...
, son of Rebbe Mordechai Yehuda and son-in-law of Rebbe
Chaim Meir Hager of
Vizhnitz
Vizhnitz is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager. Vizhnitz (ויז׳ניץ or וויזשניץ) is the Yiddish name of Vyzhnytsia, a town in present-day Ukraine (then, a village in Austrian Bukovina).
Followers o ...
******* Rabbi Mordechai ("Motel") Adler (1952–1989), son of Rebbe Naftali Chaim. He married the granddaughter of the Temeshvarer–Biksader ''Rebbe''. He was the rabbi and ''rosh hakolel'' of the Mincha Chadasha synagogue in
Borough Park, Brooklyn
Borough Park (also spelled Boro Park) is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City. The neighborhood is bordered by Bensonhurst to the south, Dyker Heights to the southwest, Sunset Park to the west, ...
. He died in a car accident when he was 38 years old.
******* Rebbe Yisrael Eliezer Adler, Dzhikover ''Rebbe'' of
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, ...
, son of Rebbe Naftali Chaim and son-in-law of his uncle, Rabbi Moshe Ernster (whose wife was Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager's daughter). In 2012, shortly after the death of his uncle, Rebbe
Moshe Yehoshua Hager
Moses ( el, Μωϋσῆς),from Latin and Greek Moishe ( yi, משה),from Yiddish Moshe ( he, מֹשֶׁה),from Modern Hebrew or Movses (Armenian: Մովսես) from Armenian is a male given name, after the biblical figure Moses.
According to th ...
, he was proclaimed by Rebbe Moshe Yehoshua's successors as "Dzhikover Rebbe".
**** Rebbe Eliyahu Horowitz of Zholin (
Żołynia
Żołynia is a village in Łańcut County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Żołynia. It lies approximately north-east of Łańcut and north-east of the re ...
), son of Rebbe Naftali Chaim
***** Rabbi Menashe Horowitz of Zholin (died 1972), son of Rebbe Eliyahu. He married Matel, daughter of Rebbe Yehuda Unger of Sokolov of the
Dombrov dynasty. He was the rabbi of Zholin after his father. His wife and their children died in the Holocaust. He survived and was the rabbi of the Rayim Ahuvim synagogue of
Brownsville, Brooklyn
Brownsville is a residential neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn in New York City. The neighborhood is generally bordered by Crown Heights to the northwest; Bedford–Stuyvesant and Cypress Hills to the north; East New York to the east; Canarsie ...
, New York.
*** Rebbe Yehoshua Horowitz of Dzhikov (1848–1912), son of Rebbe Meir
**** Rebbe Alter Yechezkel Eliyahu Horowitz of Dzhikov, son of Rebbe Yehoshua and son-in-law of his uncle, Rebbe
Yisroel Hager of Vizhnitz, whose wife was Rebbe Meir Horowitz's daughter
***** Rebbe Chaim Menachem David Horowitz of Dzhikov (died 1944), son of Rebbe Alter. Last rabbi of Tarnobrzeg.
***** Rebbe Meir Horowitz, son of Rebbe Alter
****** Rebbe Yehoshua Horowitz (died 2013), Dzhikover Rebbe of New York, son of Rebbe Meir
***** Rebbe
Yehuda Horowitz of Dzhikov,
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
and
London
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, son of Rebbe Alter
*** Rebbe Tovia Horowitz of Madin (died ), son of Rebbe Meir. He married the daughter of Rebbe David Spira of Dinov, of the
Dinov dynasty. He was the rabbi of Madin (
Majdan Królewski
Majdan Królewski () is a village in Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Majdan Królewski. It lies approximately north of Kolbuszowa and nort ...
).
**** Rebbe Bentzion Horowitz of Madin ( – ), son of Rebbe Tovia. Orphaned at a young age, he was raised by his uncle, Rebbe Yehoshua of Dzhikov. He married Golda Leah, daughter of Rebbe Pinchas Rabinowitz of Kintzk (
Końskie
Końskie ( yi, Kinsk, קינצק / קינסק) is a town in south-central Poland with 20,328 inhabitants (2008), situated in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. Historically, Końskie belongs to the province of Lesser Poland, and since its found ...
) of the
Pshischa dynasty. He succeeded his father as the rabbi of Madin, perhaps as early as 1899. During World War I, he lived in
Vienna
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with his son, Rebbe Tovia of Sunik. He died during the Holocaust in a hospital in
Rzeszów
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in
700
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Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Avar and Slavic tribes conq ...
***** Rebbe Tovia Horowitz of Sunik (
Sanok
Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok, rue, Санок, ''Sanok'', ua, Cянік, ''Sianik'', la, Sanocum, yi, סאניק, ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern ...
) ( – ), son of Rebbe Bentzion. He married the daughter of his cousin, Rebbe Yehoshua Spira of Ribotitsh of the
Dinov dynasty, whose grandfather was Rebbe David of Dinov. He was an active member of the
Agudath Israel movement
World Agudath Israel ( he, אגודת ישראל), usually known as the Aguda, was established in the early twentieth century as the political arm of Ashkenazi Torah Judaism. It succeeded ''Agudas Shlumei Emunei Yisroel'' (Union of Faithful Jewry ...
, and one of the founders of the
Bais Yaakov
Bais Yaakov ( he, בית יעקב also Beis Yaakov, Beit Yaakov, Beth Jacob or Beys Yankev; lit., House fJacob) is a genericized name for full-time Haredi Jewish elementary and secondary schools for Jewish girls throughout the world.
Bais Yaak ...
movement of Orthodox girls' education, started by
Sarah Schenirer
Sarah Schenirer ( pl, Sara Szenirer; yi, שרה שנירר; July 15, 1883[The State Archi ...](_blank)
.
*** Rebbe Yechiel Horowitz of Pokshivnitz (
Koprzywnica
Koprzywnica is a town in Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,546 inhabitants (2004). Koprzywnica lies on the Koprzywianka river, in Lesser Poland. It is one of the oldest urban centers of the province, located along t ...
), son of Rebbe Meir and son-in-law of Rebbe David Halberstam of Kshanov (
Chrzanów
Chrzanów () is a town in southern Poland with 35,651 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999) and is the seat of Chrzanów County.
History
History to 1809
It is impossible to establish ...
) of the
Sanz
Sanz (or Tsanz, yi, צאנז) is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the city of Sanz (Nowy Sącz) in Galicia. The dynasty was founded by the rebbe Rabbi Chaim Halberstam (1793–1876) who was the rabbi of Nowy Sącz and the author of the work ...
dynasty. He was the rabbi of Pokshivnitz, directly across the
Vistula
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The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in ...
(then the
Galician–
Polish
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border) from Dzhikov. He was later expelled as an
Austria-Hungarian
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national by the government of
Congress Poland
Congress Poland, Congress Kingdom of Poland, or Russian Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It w ...
and he settled in
Tarnów
Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998, it was the capital of the Tarnów ...
.
*** Rebbe Aharon Horowitz of Beitsh (
Biecz
Biecz () (german: Beitsch) is a town and municipality in southeastern Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Gorlice County. It is in the Carpathian Mountains, in the Doły Jasielsko-Sanockie, by the Ropa River. Due to its rich history, it is oft ...
), son of Rebbe Meir and son-in-law of Rebbe
Chaim Halberstam
Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1793–1876) ( he, חיים הלברשטאם מצאנז), known as the ''Divrei Chaim'' after his sefer (works), was the rabbi of Sanz ( pl, Nowy Sącz), a famous Hasidic Rebbe and the founder of the Sanz Hasidic dyn ...
of
Sanz
Sanz (or Tsanz, yi, צאנז) is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the city of Sanz (Nowy Sącz) in Galicia. The dynasty was founded by the rebbe Rabbi Chaim Halberstam (1793–1876) who was the rabbi of Nowy Sącz and the author of the work ...
**** Rebbe Alter Eliezer Horowitz of Beitsh, son of Rebbe Aharon and son-in-law of Rebbe Moshe Leib Spira of
Strizhov of the
Dinov dynasty.
***** Rebbe Chaim Shlomo Horowitz, Strizhover ''Rebbe'' of New York. Before the Holocaust, he was the rabbi of Zalizha (,
Zakarpattia Oblast
The Zakarpattia Oblast ( uk, Закарпатська область, Zakarpatska oblast) is an administrative oblast located in western Ukraine, mostly coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Ruthenia. Its administrative centre is ...
, Ukraine).
*** Rebbe Asher Horowitz of Rimanov (
Rymanów
Rymanów (; la, Rimanovia or ; uk, Рима́нів) is a town located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in the southeastern tip of Poland, with 3,585 inhabitants. It is a capital of a separate commune within Krosno County. Rymanów is situated ...
) ( – 1934), son of Rebbe Meir. He was orphaned as a child and was raised by his brother Rebbe Yehoshua of Dzhikov. In his first marriage, he married Malka, daughter of Rebbe Yosef Friedman, ''rebbe'' of Rimanov of the
Rimanov dynasty, and was a rabbi there. Later he lived in
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
.
**** Rebbe Tzvi Chaim Horowitz of Rimanov (died 1939), son of Rebbe Asher. He married Sarah, daughter of his uncle, Rebbe Yisrael Hager of Vizhnitz. He became the rabbi of Rimanov after World War I, when his father settled in Kraków, and succeeded the latter and his maternal grandfather as the ''rebbe'' of Rimanov in 1935. His health was frail. He fell ill in 1937, and died two years later. In 1966, he was reinterred in the ''
ohel'' of his father-in-law in
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 are ...
.
***** Rebbe (Alter) Moshe Eliezer Horowitz of Rimanov (died ), son of Rebbe Tzvi Chaim and the last Rebbe of Rimanov. He married Chaya Hinda, daughter of his relative Rebbe Naftali Horowitz of
Melitz. He succeeded his father first as the rabbi of Rimanov in 1935 and later as ''rebbe'' after his father's death in 1939. After escaping the Holocaust for some time in Grosswardein (
Oradea
Oradea (, , ; german: Großwardein ; hu, Nagyvárad ) is a city in Romania, located in Crișana, a sub-region of Transylvania. The county seat, seat of Bihor County, Oradea is one of the most important economic, social and cultural centers in the ...
), he and his family were deported to Auschwitz and killed in .
***** Rebbe Chaim Yaakov Frankel, great-grandson of Rebbe Tzvi Chaim, one of several contemporary Rimanover ''rebbes''. His wife is the daughter of the
Komarner ''Rebbe'' of Jerusalem.
** Rabbi Yisrael Horowitz of Baranov ( – 1870), son of Rebbe Eliezer. In his first marriage he married Yocheved, daughter of Rebbe David Hager of Zablotov (
Zabolotiv
Zabolotiv ( ua, Заболотів, pl, Zabłotów, yi, זאַבלאטאוו ''Zablotov'') is an urban-type settlement in Kolomyia Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in Western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Zabolotiv urban hromada, one o ...
) of the
Kosov dynasty. Later he married his cousin Beila, daughter of his uncle Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz, the ''rebbe'' of Linsk. He was the first rabbi of Baranov (
Baranów Sandomierski
Baranów Sandomierski is a small town in southern Poland, in the Subcarpathian Voivodship, Tarnobrzeg County on the Vistula River, with 1,420 inhabitants as of December 2021. Baranów lies near the Vistula river, along voivodeship road nr. 985, ...
), and refused to officiate as a ''rebbe''.
***Rebbe Avraham Simcha Horowitz of Baranov (1845–1916), son of Rebbe Yisrael. In 1909, after about forty years of being the rabbi — as his father's successor — and ''rebbe'' of Baranov, he left Poland and settled in Jerusalem, where he had a synagogue.
** Rebbe Reuven Horowitz of
Dembitz, son of Rebbe Eliezer. Rabbi and ''rebbe'' of Dębica (Dembitz). He had no children with his first wife, daughter of his cousin, Rebbe Menashe Rubin of Ropshitz (see
Ropshitz branch below). His second wife was the daughter of a son of Rabbi Isser, the rabbi of Rozvadov (
Rozwadów
Rozwadów () is a suburb of Stalowa Wola, Poland. Founded as a town in 1690, it was incorporated into Stalowa Wola in 1973. The Rozwadów suburb of Stalowa Wola included a thriving Jewish shtetl prior to World War II, closely associated with ...
). After her death, he married her wealthy uncle's adoptive daughter, with whom he had his other children.
*** Rebbe Alter Yeshaya Horowitz of Dembitz ( – 1895), son of Rebbe Reuven (his only son from his second marriage). He succeeded his father as the rabbi and ''rebbe'' of Dembitz. He had no children.
*** Rebbe Shmuel Horowitz of Dembitz ( – 1921), son of Rebbe Reuven (from his third marriage). He married the daughter of Rabbi Yechiel Wagschal, the rabbi of
Frysztak
Frysztak ( yi, פֿריסטיק Fristik; german: Freistadt) is a village in the Gmina Frysztak, Strzyżów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, from Krosno. Frysztak lies in historic Lesser Poland. It is located on a hillock near the river ...
, a descendant of Rebbe
Elimelech of Lizhensk
Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk (1717–March 11, 1787) was a rabbi and one of the great founding Rebbes of the Hasidic movement. He was known after his hometown, Leżajsk ( yi, ליזשענסק, translit=Lizhensk) near Rzeszów in Poland. He was ...
. He succeeded his brother Rebbe Alter's positions in Dembitz.
** Rebbe Moshe Horowitz of
Rozvadov (died 1894), son of Rebbe Eliezer and son-in-law of Rebbe
Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum
*** Rebbe Tzvi Hersh Horowitz of Rozvadov, son of Rebbe Moshe
*** Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz of
Plontsh, son of Rebbe Moshe
*** Rebbe Yitzchak Horowitz (''R. 'Itzikel' Stitshiner'') of
Szczucin
Szczucin is a town in Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Szczucin. It lies approximately north-east of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, north of Tarnów and ea ...
(''Stitshin'' in Yiddish) and
Tarnów
Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998, it was the capital of the Tarnów ...
, son of Rebbe Moshe
**** Rebbe Yehuda Horowitz (''Reb 'Yidele' Stitshiner'') of Stitshin and later the Stitshiner Rav in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
(died 1981), son of Rebbe Yitzchak and son-in-law of Rebbe Yehoshua Spira of
Rybotycze
Rybotycze ( yi, ריבאטיטש, Ribatitch) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Fredropol, within Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. It lies approximately so ...
of the
Dinov dynasty.
*****Reb
Mordechai Menashe Zilber (Reb Mottel) Student Of Rebbe Yehuda, Current Rebbe Of Toldos Yehuda Stitchin
*****Rebbe Eliezer Yehoshua Yudkovsky, grandson of Rebbe Yehuda, current Stitshiner ''Rov''
Ropshitz branch
* Rebbe Asher Yeshaya Rubin of Ropshitz ( – 1845), son-in-law of Rebbe Naftali Tzvi, known as ''Reb Osher'l''. He succeeded his father-in-law as rabbi and ''rebbe'' of Ropshitz. His teachings were published in ''Or yeshaʻ'' () (Lviv, 1876).
** Rebbe Menashe Rubin of Ropshitz (died 1861), son of Rebbe Asher Yeshaya. His teachings were published in ''Leḥem Shemena'' () (Lviv, 1876).
*** Rebbe Yitzchak Mariles of Ropshitz, son-in-law of Rebbe Menashe
**** Rebbe Menachem Mendel Mariles of Ropshitz and
Dibetzk, son of Rebbe Yitzchak
***** Rebbe Menashe Mariles of Ropshitz and Dibetzk, son of Rebbe Mendel
** Rebbe Aharon Rubin of
Rymanów
Rymanów (; la, Rimanovia or ; uk, Рима́нів) is a town located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in the southeastern tip of Poland, with 3,585 inhabitants. It is a capital of a separate commune within Krosno County. Rymanów is situated ...
(died 1857), son of Rebbe Asher Yeshaya
*** Rebbe Yaakov Rubin of
Baranów (died 1905), son of Rebbe Aharon. He was a ''rebbe'' in Baranów, later in
Tarnów
Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998, it was the capital of the Tarnów ...
. He had no children. His stepson, Rabbi Moshe Isser Glantz (son of his wife, Malka) published his writings in ''Toldot Yaʻaḳov'' () (Mukachevo, 1908).
*** Rebbe Nachum Rubin of
Narol (died 1876), son of Rebbe Aharon and son-in-law of Rebbe Avraham Reinman, Rabbi of Narol of the
Narol dynasty.
*** Rebbe Shmuel Rubin of
Kortshin, son of Rebbe Aharon. He married Yocheved, daughter of Rebbe Elazar Weissblum, son of Rebbe Naftali Weissblum of the
Lizhensk dynasty. He succeeded (the unrelated) Rabbi Shmuel Aharon Rubin as the rabbi of Korczyna.
**** Rabbi Naftali Rubin of
Vishnitza ( – 1938), son of Rebbe Shmuel. He married Chana Malka, daughter of Rebbe
Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam
Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam (1813–1898), known as the ''Shinever Rov'' (Rabbi of Sieniawa), was the eldest son of the ''Divrei Chaim'', Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz. He was famous for his disagreements with his father on matters of h ...
of
Shineva of the
Sanz
Sanz (or Tsanz, yi, צאנז) is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the city of Sanz (Nowy Sącz) in Galicia. The dynasty was founded by the rebbe Rabbi Chaim Halberstam (1793–1876) who was the rabbi of Nowy Sącz and the author of the work ...
dynasty. He was the rabbi of Kalvaria (
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska () is a town in southern Poland with 4,429 inhabitants (2007 estimate). As of 1999, it is situated in Lesser Poland or Małopolska (in Polish). Previously, the town was administered within the Voivodeship of Bielsko-Biała ( ...
), then ''
dayan'' of Vishnitza (
Nowy Wiśnicz
Nowy Wiśnicz ( yi, ווישניצא Vishnitsa) is a small town in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,728 inhabitants (2019). Located south of Bochnia, Nowy Wiśnicz is renowned for its Italianate fortified castle which d ...
), and later the rabbi of the same. He was not a ''rebbe''.
***** Rabbi Chaim Baruch Rubin of Vishnitza ( – 1943), son of Rabbi Naftali. He married the daughter of his cousin, Rabbi Tzvi Yosef Rubin the rabbi of Yaslo. He succeeded his father's position in Vishnitza. He died in the Holocaust.
***** Rebbe Yona Rubin, the Vishnitzer ''Rebbe'' of Nisk (
Nisko
Nisko is a town in Nisko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland on the San River, with a population of 15,534 inhabitants as of 2 June 2009. Together with neighbouring city of Stalowa Wola, Nisko creates a small agglomeration. Nisko has been ...
), son of Rabbi Naftali. He married his cousin, Chana Beila, daughter of his uncle Rabbi Asher Rubin, the rabbi of Kortshin.
**** Rabbi Asher (Reuven) Rubin of Kortshin, son of Rabbi Shmuel. He was the rabbi of Kortshin.
** Rebbe Elimelech Rubin of
Sokoliv (died ), son of Rebbe Asher Yeshaya
*** Rebbe Yitzchak
Hagaon Hakadosh Moshe Yosef Mochkin Shlit"a Great Grandson of Reb Moshe Yosef Rubin ztzt'l Ropshitzer Rebbe of Crown Heights Brooklyn. A great tzaddik and miracle worker the current Ropshitzer Rebbe has thousands flocking to him, to his pearls of wisdom from his holy mouth it is said that g-d himself speaks through his mouth Rubin of
Brody
Brody ( uk, Броди; russian: Броды, Brodï; pl, Brody; german: Brody; yi, בראָד, Brod) is a city in Zolochiv Raion of Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately ...
and
Radekhiv
Radekhiv ( uk, Раде́хів; pl, Radziechów) is a city in Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Radekhiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: .
Ed Stelmach, the premier o ...
, son of Rebbe Elimelech.
His wife, Eidel, was the daughter of Rebbe
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 itsel ...
of
Belz
Belz ( uk, Белз; pl, Bełz; yi, בעלז ') is a small city in Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, located between the Solokiya river (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the administ ...
, and was famous as a ''rebbe'' in her own right.
**** Rebbe Shmuel Shmelke Rubin of
Seret (died 1901), son of Rebbe Yitzchak (see
Seret (Hasidic dynasty)
Seret or Sereter Hasidim were a group of Hasidic Jews that existed in the town of Siret (''Seret'') and the surrounding area in Bukovina (currently split between Romania and Ukraine) during the late nineteenth century until World War II.
They ...
)
**** Rebbe Naftali Tzvi Rubin of Radichov (
Radekhiv
Radekhiv ( uk, Раде́хів; pl, Radziechów) is a city in Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Radekhiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: .
Ed Stelmach, the premier o ...
), son of Rebbe Yitzchak. His wife, Tamar, was the daughter of Rebbe Aryeh Leibush Neuhaus of
Tomaszów Lubelski
Tomaszów Lubelski is a town in south-eastern Poland with 19,365 inhabitants (2017). Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, near Roztocze National Park, it is the capital of Tomaszów Lubelski County.
History
The town was founded at the end of the ...
of the
Chelm dynasty.
***** Rebbe Asher Yeshaya Rubin of Zholkiv (
Zhovkva
Zhovkva ( uk, Жовква ; pl, Żółkiew; yi, זאָלקוואַ, translit=Zolkva; russian: Жо́лква, 1951–1992: ''Nesterov'') is a city in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Zhovkva hosts the administration of Zho ...
) (died 1916), son of Rebbe Naftali Tzvi. His wife was Malka Freida, daughter of Rabbi Chaim Eliyahu Lieberman, the rabbi of Zholkiv. He was a ''rebbe'' in Zholkiv, and later the Zholkiver ''Rebbe'' in Kshanov (
Chrzanów
Chrzanów () is a town in southern Poland with 35,651 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999) and is the seat of Chrzanów County.
History
History to 1809
It is impossible to establish ...
).
**** Rebbe Elimelech Rubin (known by his epithet , "''Sage Nahor''" - "the Blind") of
Yavrov (died 1904), son of Rebbe Yitzchak. He was a follower of the ''rebbes'' of
Belz
Belz ( uk, Белз; pl, Bełz; yi, בעלז ') is a small city in Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, located between the Solokiya river (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the administ ...
.
*** Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heshil Rubin of Yaslo (
Jasło
Jasło is a county town in south-eastern Poland with 36,641 inhabitants, as of 31 December 2012. It is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), and it was previously part of Krosno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is located in Lesse ...
) (died 1908), son of Rebbe Elimelech. He was the rabbi of
Sokołów Małopolski
Sokołów Małopolski is a town in Rzeszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 3,962 (2 June 2009).
Geography
Sokolow Malopolski lies in Sandomierz Basin, 24 kilometers north of Rzeszow, and 11 kilometers from Rzes ...
. Later, he was appointed as the first rabbi of Jasło. He later settled in
Safed
Safed (known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as Tzfat; Sephardi Hebrew, Sephardic Hebrew & Modern Hebrew: צְפַת ''Tsfat'', Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation, Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Tzfas'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Ṣǝp̄aṯ''; ar, صفد, ''Ṣafad''), i ...
where he was the rabbi of the
Galician Jewish community. He died in Safed.
**** Rebbe Tzvi (Hersh) Yosef Rubin of Yaslo ( – ), son of Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heshil. He succeeded his father as the rabbi of Yaslo after the latter settled in Israel.
*** Rebbe Alter (Elimelech)
Rubin of Sokołów (1847
– after 1928), son of Rebbe Elimelech. He succeeded his father and his brother as the rabbi of Sokołów Małopolski.
** Rebbe Menachem Mendel Rubin of
Glogiv ( – 1873), son of Rebbe Asher Yeshaya. He married Chava Ester, daughter of Rebbe Meir Rothenberg of
Apt
Apt. is an abbreviation for apartment.
Apt may also refer to:
Places
* Apt Cathedral, a former cathedral, and national monument of France, in the town of Apt in Provence
* Apt, Vaucluse, a commune of the Vaucluse département of France
* A ...
("the ''Or la-Shamayim''").
In his second marriage, he married his first wife's niece (her brother's daughter).
[Note to manuscript letter of Rebbe Elazar Spira of Lantzhut to Rebbe Mendel of Glogiv, in ''Or yeshaʻ'' (1973).]
*** Rebbe Meir Rubin of Glogiv (1829–1897), son of Rebbe Mendel. His wife was Mirel Gola, daughter of Rebbe Yosef Unger of
Dombrov
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 Rabb ...
.
**** Rebbe Chaim Yechiel Rubin of
Dombrov
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 Rabb ...
(1854 – ), son of Rebbe Meir. His wife was Devora, daughter of Rebbe Sender Lipa Eichenstein of
Zidichov. He was the rabbi of Limna. Later, he was succeeded his maternal grandfather as the ''rebbe'' of Dombrov. He died in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
.
*****Grand Rabbi Yissachar Berish Rubin of Dombrova. Rebbe in Berlin, and later in Washington Heights, New York.
******Grand Rabbi Esriel Rubin of Dombrova, son in law of Rebbe Yisachar Ber Shapiro of Kechneye, Nadvorna Dynasty
*******Grand Rabbi Naftoli Tzvi Rubin of Dombrova-Monsey, son of Rabbi Esriel of Dombrova
**** Rebbe Shalom Rubin of Reisha-Ruskaviesh (,
Rzeszów
Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian Vo ...
) (1856 –), son of Rebbe Meir. His wife was Chana Mindel, daughter of Rebbe Simcha Spira, son of Rebbe Elazar Spira of
Lantzhut of the
Dinov dynasty.
**** Rebbe Yitzchak Tovia Rubin of
Sanz
Sanz (or Tsanz, yi, צאנז) is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the city of Sanz (Nowy Sącz) in Galicia. The dynasty was founded by the rebbe Rabbi Chaim Halberstam (1793–1876) who was the rabbi of Nowy Sącz and the author of the work ...
(1858–1927), son of Rebbe Meir. His wife, Nechama was the daughter of Rebbe
Chaim Halberstam
Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1793–1876) ( he, חיים הלברשטאם מצאנז), known as the ''Divrei Chaim'' after his sefer (works), was the rabbi of Sanz ( pl, Nowy Sącz), a famous Hasidic Rebbe and the founder of the Sanz Hasidic dyn ...
of Sanz. He was a ''rebbe'' in Nowy Sącz (Sanz) after his father-in-law's death.
***** Rebbe Arye Leibish Rubin of
Tomaszów Lubelski
Tomaszów Lubelski is a town in south-eastern Poland with 19,365 inhabitants (2017). Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, near Roztocze National Park, it is the capital of Tomaszów Lubelski County.
History
The town was founded at the end of the ...
and
Cieszanów
Cieszanów ( uk, Тішанів or Цішанів or Чесанів, ''Tishaniv ''or'' Tsishaniv ''or'' Chesaniv''; yi, ציעשאנאָוו ''Tsyeshanov'') is a town in Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. As of December 2021, ...
(died 1942), son of Rebbe Yitzchak Tovia and son-in-law of his cousin, Rebbe Simcha Yissachar Ber Halberstam of Cieszanów, son of Rebbe
Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam
Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam (1813–1898), known as the ''Shinever Rov'' (Rabbi of Sieniawa), was the eldest son of the ''Divrei Chaim'', Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz. He was famous for his disagreements with his father on matters of h ...
of
Sieniawa
Sieniawa (; uk, Сеня́ва, Seniáva), is a town in southeastern Poland. It had a population of 2,127 inhabitants (02.06.2009). Since 1999, Sieniawa has been part of Subcarpathian Voivodeship.
History
Sieniawa's history dates back to the 17 ...
.
****** Rebbe Shalom Yechezkel Shraga Rubin (died 1986), Tsheshanover ''Rebbe'' in New York, son of Rebbe Arye Leibish.
****** Rebbe Simcha Yissachar Ber Rubin, Tsheshanover ''Rebbe'' in New York, son of Rebbe Arye Leibish and son-in-law of Rebbe Yehoshua Eichenstein of
Grosswardein
Oradea (, , ; german: Großwardein ; hu, Nagyvárad ) is a city in Romania, located in Crișana, a sub-region of Transylvania. The county seat, seat of Bihor County, Oradea is one of the most important economic, social and cultural centers in the ...
of the
Zidichov dynasty.
**** Rebbe Baruch Rubin of Brezdovitz (,
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a wikt:Appendix:Glossary#relational, relational adjective—in Englis ...
, Ukraine) and
Gherla
Gherla (; hu, Szamosújvár; german: Neuschloss) is a municipality in Cluj County, Romania (in the historical region of Transylvania). It is located from Cluj-Napoca on the river Someșul Mic, and has a population of 20,203. Three villages are a ...
(then called Szamosújvár) (1864–1935), son of Rebbe Meir. He married Sara Shlomzti, daughter of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Eichenstein of
Zidichov. (She survived him and settled in Jerusalem, where she was a ''rebbe''.) He was the rabbi of the community of his father-in-law's followers in Berezdivtsi, where he adopted the customs and style of prayer (''
nusach Nusach can refer to:
* Nusach (Jewish custom)
In Judaism, Nusach ( he, נוסח ''nusaħ'', modern pronunciation ''nusakh'' or ''núsakh''), plural nuschaot () or Modern Hebrew nusachim (), refers to the exact text of a prayer service; sometimes ...
'') of the Zidichov dynasty. Later he was a ''rebbe'' in
Kolomyia
Kolomyia, formerly known as Kolomea ( ua, Коломия, Kolomyja, ; pl, Kołomyja; german: Kolomea; ro, Colomeea; yi, ), is a city located on the Prut River in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province), in western Ukraine. It serves as the admi ...
. During
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, he fled from Kolomyia to
Dej
Dej (; hu, Dés; german: Desch, Burglos; yi, דעעש ''Desh'') is a municipality in Transylvania, Romania, north of Cluj-Napoca, in Cluj County. It lies where the river Someșul Mic meets the river Someșul Mare. The city administers four vill ...
. After a brief stay in Dej, he settled in nearby Gherla. His writings were published as ''She'erit Barukh'' () (Jerusalem, 1973).
His son-in-law Rebbe Moshe Frisherman of the
Tomashov dynasty (husband of his daughter Mindel) succeeded him as the ''rebbe'' of Gherla until the Holocaust, in which his first wife and their children died. (Later he was known simple as the ''rebbe'' of Tomashov.)
Another son-in-law of Rebbe Baruch, Rebbe Tzvi Hersh Kahane, was the ancestor of the
Kahane branch of the Spinka dynasty.
***** Rebbe Yaakov Yisrael veYeshurun Rubin of
Sulitz and
Sasregen (30 Kislev 5645
ecember 18, 1884 Zhydachiv
Zhydachiv ( uk, Жидачів) is a city in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) in western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Zhydachiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Local government is administered by the Zhydachivska city c ...
, – 15 Sivan 5704
une 6, 1944, son of Rebbe Baruch. His first wife, Rechil, was the daughter of Rabbi
Mordechai Yosef Moshe Moskowitz, ''rebbe'' of Suliţa (Sulitz), through whose influence he was appointed as the rabbi of Sulitz in approximately 1909. After her death, he married Alte Nechama Malka, daughter of Rabbi Chaim Dachner of
Seret, a descendant of the
Kosov and
Belz
Belz ( uk, Белз; pl, Bełz; yi, בעלז ') is a small city in Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, located between the Solokiya river (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the administ ...
Hasidic dynasties (see
Seret (Hasidic dynasty)
Seret or Sereter Hasidim were a group of Hasidic Jews that existed in the town of Siret (''Seret'') and the surrounding area in Bukovina (currently split between Romania and Ukraine) during the late nineteenth century until World War II.
They ...
). They both died in
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; a ...
.
****** Rebbe Menachem Mendel Rubin ( – 2007), Muzhayer Rebbe, son of Rebbe Yaakov Yisrael veYeshurun and son-in-law of Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel Horowitz of Raniżów (see
Melitz branch above). He succeeded his father-in-law as the ''rebbe'' of Selish (
Vynohradiv
Vynohradiv ( uk, Виноградів, hu, Nagyszőlős, ro, Seleușu Mare, sk, Vinohradov) is a city in western Ukraine, in Zakarpattia Oblast. It was the center of Vynohradiv Raion and since 2020 it has been incorporated into Berehove Raio ...
) and officiated as the rabbi of Muzhay (,
Zakarpattia Oblast
The Zakarpattia Oblast ( uk, Закарпатська область, Zakarpatska oblast) is an administrative oblast located in western Ukraine, mostly coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Ruthenia. Its administrative centre is ...
, Ukraine). Rabbi of the Khal Yeshurun Ropshitz congregation of
Ocean Parkway,
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
, New York.
******* Rebbe Chaim (Meir Yechiel Moshe) Rubin, Ropshitzer Rebbe of
Borough Park, Brooklyn
Borough Park (also spelled Boro Park) is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City. The neighborhood is bordered by Bensonhurst to the south, Dyker Heights to the southwest, Sunset Park to the west, ...
, son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel and son-in-law of his uncle, Rebbe Shmuel Shmelka Rubin, the Sulitzer Rebbe. He is a disciple of his maternal great-uncle, Rebbe
Yoel Teitelbaum
Joel Teitelbaum ( yi, יואל טייטלבוים, translit=Yoyl Teytlboym, ; 13 January 1887 – 19 August 1979) was the founder and first Grand Rebbe of the Satmar dynasty.
A major figure in the post-war renaissance of Hasidism, he espoused a ...
, the
Satmar
Satmar (Yiddish: סאַטמאַר, Hebrew: סאטמר) is a Hasidic group founded in 1905 by Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, in the city of Szatmárnémeti, Hungary (now Satu Mare in Romania). The group is an offshoot of the Sighet Hasidic dynast ...
er ''Rebbe''. His great-uncle appointed him as the ''Rosh ha-Kolel'' (dean of a
kollel
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) of his Kolel in
Kiryas Joel, New York, in around 1977. Later, at the ''Rebbe'' of Satmar's suggestion, he settled in the "Ropshitz" neighborhood of Kiryas Joel and founded a synagogue called "Kedushas Yom Tov". Later he settled in
Borough Park, Brooklyn
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, where his synagogue, Cong. Zera Kodesh Kedushas Yom Tov D'Ropshitz, is located, and is now known as the Ropshitzer ''Rebbe'' Also cousin with Spinka Rebbe of Jerusalem .
****** Rebbe Shmuel Shmelka Rubin (1925–201
, Sulitzer Rebbe, son of Rebbe Yaakov Yisrael veYeshurun and son-in-law of Rebbe Yissachar Ber Rosenbaum of
Storozhynets, Stroznitz. Rabbi of the Sulitz congregation of
Far Rockaway, Queens
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, New York.
****** Rebbe Mordechai David Rubin, Sasregener Rebbe, son of Rebbe Yaakov Yisrael veYeshurun and son-in-law of Rebbe Yehoshua Eichenstein of
Grosswardein
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of the
Zidichov dynasty. Rabbi of K'hal Sasregen congregation in the
Midwood
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neighborhood of
Brooklyn
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, New York.
******* Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael veYeshurun Rubin, Brizdovitzer ''Rov'' of Borough Park, Brooklyn—rabbi of the Brizdovitz congregation.
***** Rebbe Meir Yosef Rubin of Kerestir (
Bodrogkeresztúr
Bodrogkeresztúr (shortly, ''"Keresztúr"'', yi, קערעסטיר) is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary.
Before World War II, there was a sizable Jewish community in Bodrogkeresztúr. At its height, there were 535 Jews in the ...
) (died 1944), son of Rebbe Baruch. He married Rivka Tzirel, daughter of Rebbe Avraham Steiner, the Rebbe of
Kerestir. He succeeded his father-in-law's position in Kerestir. He died in the Holocaust.
****** Rebbe Yissachar Berish Rubin, Kerestirer ''Rebbe'' of New York, son of Rebbe Meir Yosef. He was for a ''rebbe'' for a while after the Holocaust in the town of Kerestir; later he emigrated to the United States.
*** Rebbe Yaakov Yosef Rubin of Glogov ( – 1873), son of Rebbe Mendel. His first wife was his cousin, daughter of Rebbe Leibush Neuhaus of
Tomaszów Lubelski
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History
The town was founded at the end of the ...
of the
Chelm dynasty, whose wife was his mother's sister. In his second marriage, he married Hesa, daughter of Rebbe Elazar Hopstein of Kozhnitz of the
Kozhnitz
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Even though Kozienice is part of Lesser Pol ...
dynasty. His father appointed him as the rabbi of Glogov in his stead.
**** Rebbe Alter Moshe Chaim Rubin of Raniżów and Glogov ( – ), son of Rebbe Yaakov Yosef. In his first marriage, he married Yehudis, daughter of Rebbe David Spira, Rebbe of Dinov (
Dynow) of the
Dinov dynasty. He was the rabbi of Raniżów, later of Glogów in his father's place (some 25 years after the latter's death).
His second wife was Pearle (née Freilich), daughter of R' Menachem Yakov Freilich.
**** Rebbe Elazar Rubin ( – 1933), Sasover Rebbe of New York, son of Rebbe Yaakov Yosef (from his second marriage). After his father's premature death, Rebbe
Chaim Halberstam
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of Sanz raised him. In his first marriage, he married the daughter of Rebbe Uri Langner of
Rohatyn
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of the
Stretin dynasty. In his second marriage, he married Rechel, daughter of Rebbe Shlomo Mayer, Rebbe of Sasov (
Sasiv, Ukraine) of the
Alesk dynasty (his children were from his second marriage). He was first a ''rebbe'' in Glogov. Then, in around 1919, he was asked by the American followers of the Sasov dynasty to settle in the United States to be their Rebbe, to which he acquiesced. He wrote ''Zikhron Elʻazar'' () (Lviv, 1930), with an introduction describing his family and personal history. He died in New York.
His daughter (from his second marriage), Chava Sara (died in childbirth, 1916), was the mother of Rebbe Yaakov Yosef Weisz of the
Spinka
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Spinka rebbes
The first Spinka Rebbe was Rabbi ...
dynasty, ancestor of the extant
Weiss branch of the Spinka dynasty.
***** Rebbe Chanoch Henich Dov Rubin, Sasover ''Rebbe'' of
London, England
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, son of Rebbe Elazar (from his second marriage).
***** Rebbe Yosef David Rubin ( – 1983), Sasover ''Rebbe'' of New York, son of Rebbe Elazar (from his second marriage
).
His first wife was the daughter of Rebbe Yisrael Horowitz of
Melitz. His second wife was the daughter of Rebbe Shalom Reuven Rosenfeld of the
Kaminka dynasty, grandson of Rebbe
Chaim Halberstam
Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1793–1876) ( he, חיים הלברשטאם מצאנז), known as the ''Divrei Chaim'' after his sefer (works), was the rabbi of Sanz ( pl, Nowy Sącz), a famous Hasidic Rebbe and the founder of the Sanz Hasidic dyn ...
of
Sanz
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.
*** Rebbe Asher Yeshaya Rubin of
Stashov (died 1936), son of Rebbe Mendel (from his second marriage
). His wife was Sheindel, daughter of Rebbe Avraham Yitzchak Weissblum of Stashov of the
Lizhensk dynasty. He settled in
Cologne
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after
World War I
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.
**** Rebbe Avraham Yitzchak Rubin of
Chirov, son of Rebbe Asher Yeshaya. He was a ''rebbe'' in Chirov. He died in the Holocaust.
** Rebbe Yechiel Rubin of
Kolbasov
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Etymology
''Klobásov''—"a place where sausages (''klobása'', in dialects also ''kolbása'', ''klbása'') ar ...
( – 1860), son of Rebbe Asher Yeshaya. Rabbi of Kolbuszowa (Kolbasov) from . He was succeeded by his son-in-law, Rebbe Avraham Aharon Teitelbaum of the
Siget dynasty.
*** Rebbe Asher Yeshaya Rubin of Kolbasov ( – 1914), son of Rebbe Yechiel. His wife, Chana Shifra, was the daughter of Rebbe Sender Safrin, the eldest son of Rebbe Yitzchak Eisik Yechiel Yehuda Safrin of
Komarno, founder of the
Komarno dynasty.
Notes
References
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::Alfasi's system divides Ropshitz into two dynasties: Ropshitz proper (p. 268), comprising the Linsk, Melitz, and Dzhikov branches, and Ropshitz II (p. 335), comprising the Ropshitz branch.
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Further reading
General
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Dzhikov branch references
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Ropshitz branch references
* (in ''Or yeshaʻ'' () by Rebbe Asher Yeshaya of Ropshitz)
* This edition includes:
**''Liḳuṭe Maharmam'' () by his son Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Glogiv (in ''Or yeshaʻ'')
**''Liḳuṭe Maharam'' () by his son Rebbe Meir of Glogiv (in ''Or yeshaʻ'')
**Facsimiles (including annotated transcriptions) of manuscripts by and about members of the Ropshitz dynasty
**''Sheʼerit Barukh'' () by his son Rebbe Baruch of Brezdovitz
**''Gilyone yosher'' (), by his son Rebbe Yaakov Yisrael veYeshurun of Sulitza
**''Zeraʻ ḳodesh matsavtah'' (), a genealogical treatise by his son Rabbi Asher Yeshaya (who died in the Holocaust).
External links
Meditative Tune from Ropshitz"Mazel Tov" Tune from RopshitzDance Tune from RopshitzWaltz from Ropshitz - played by Andy Statman
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