Skolya is a
Hasidic
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dynasty
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named after the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Skole
Skole ( uk, Ско́ле) is a town in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Skole urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Population: .
History
The first official date recorded for Skole was in ...
( yi, Skolye) in Eastern
Galicia (currently in
Ukraine
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), where the founder of this dynasty lived and led his court.
List of rabbis
*Rabbi Yitzchok of
Drohobych
Drohobych ( uk, Дрого́бич, ; pl, Drohobycz; yi, דראָהאָביטש;) is a city of regional significance in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Drohobych Raion and hosts the administration of Drohobych urban hro ...
(d. March 11, 1752), disciple of the
Baal Shem Tov
Israel ben Eliezer (1698 – 22 May 1760), known as the Baal Shem Tov ( he, בעל שם טוב, ) or as the Besht, was a Jewish mystic and healer who is regarded as the founder of Hasidic Judaism. "Besht" is the acronym for Baal Shem Tov, which ...
.
**Rabbi Yekhiel Michel Rabinowitz of
Zlotshev (c.1721 – 1786), known as the Zlotshiver
Maggid
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.
***Rabbi Yosef Rabinowitz of
Yampol (d. January 9, 1812), son of Rabbi Yekhiel Mikhl of Zlotshev
****Rebbe Yitzchok Rabinowitz of Yampil (son-in-law of Reb
Boruch of Mezhbizh), son of Rabbi Yosef of Yampol; succeeded his father-in-law as
Rebbe
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in
Mezhbizh).
*****Rebbe Boruch Rabinovich of
Yampil, son of Reb Yitschak Drubitsher.
******Rebbe Eliezer Chaim Rabinowitz of Yampola (1845–1916) (the first
Hasidic
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rebbe in
America
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and founder of the Skolya dynasty) – son of Rebbe Boruch Rabinovich of
Iași
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.
*******Rebbe Boruch Pinchas Rabinowitz of Skolya (
Skole
Skole ( uk, Ско́ле) is a town in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Skole urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Population: .
History
The first official date recorded for Skole was in ...
) (1874–1920), buried in
Vienna
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, son of Rebbe Eliezer Chaim of Yampola
********Rebbe Dovid Yitzchok Eizek Rabinowitz of Skolya (1896–1979), buried in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
on the
Mount of Olives
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– son of the Rebbe Boruch Pinchas of Skolya.
*********R. Eliezer Chaim Rabinowitz, eldest son of Rebbe Dovid Yitzchok Eizek of Skolya
*********R. Meir Rabinovich (September 1, 1918- August 14, 2006 – ?), second son of Rebbe Dovid Yitzchok Eizek of Skolya
**********Rebbe Refael Goldstein, Skolya Rebbe on 18th Ave in BP, the son-in-law Meir Rabinovich and grandchild of Rebbe Dovid Yitzchok.
*********R. Yosef Boruch Pinchus Rabinowitz, son of Rebbe Dovid Yitzchok Eizek of Skolya
**********Rebbe Avraham Moshe Rabinowitz, current Skolya Rebbe and author of about 20 spiritual books, placed by the old Skolya rebba to take over after him, son of R. Boruch Rabinowitz and eldest grandson of Rebbe Dovid Yitzchok
*******Rebbe Shmuel Avrohom
of Mezhbizh (1883– ) – son of Rebbe Eliezer Chaim of Yampola. Rebbe Shmuel Avrohom was known as the Mezhbizher Gutter Yid.
References
External links
* http://skolya.org/
The Skolya Rebbe’s TorahTorah thought by the "Skolye Rebbe", R. Avraham Moshe Rabinowitz
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Hasidic dynasties
Skole