Sulitza ( yi, סוליצא, also spelled Sulitz, Solitza or Solitz) is a

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originating in Sulitza (

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. The present

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of Sulitza is

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Yaakov Yisroel VeYeshurin Rubin. His synagogue is in

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, NY.,

History

Sulitza is one of many offshoots of the Ropshitz Hasidic dynasty that were re-established in

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and

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after World War II by surviving descendants of Grand Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Horowitz, the first Ropshitzer Rebbe; others include Beitsh, Dolina,

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, Dzhikov, Melitz, Sasregen, Shotz, Strizhov, Stutchin, and Tseshenov. The previous Sulitzer Rebbe died on June 18, 2013, and was the son of Rabbi Jacob Israel Jeshurun Rubin (1885–1944), ''

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'' (head of the rabbinical court) of Sulitza and Sasregen, Romania, who was murdered in the

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, and Alte Nechama Malka Dachner, daughter of Rabbi

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of Seret, who was also murdered in

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. He was the son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Yissachar Ber Rosenbaum of Stroznitz (died 1980). His brothers were the Sasregener Rebbe of

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(d. 2020), and the Muzhayer Rebbe (d. 2008) of Midwood, Brooklyn.

Dynasty

* Grand Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz (1760–1827), author of ''Zera Kodesh''. ** Grand Rabbi Asher Yeshaya Rubin of Ropshitz (d. 1845), son-in-law of Rebbe Naftali Tzvi, known as ''Reb Osher'l''. Author of אור ישע 'Or yeshaʻ'' *** Grand Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rubin of Glogov (

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) (c. 1806 – 1873), son of Rebbe Asher Yeshaya. **** Grand Rabbi Meir Rubin of Glogov (1829–1897), son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel. ***** Grand Rabbi Baruch Rubin of Brezdovitz ( Berezdivtsi,

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, Ukraine) and

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(1864–1935), son of Rebbe Meir. Author of שארית ברוך ''She'erit Barukh'' (Jerusalem, 1973). ****** Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael veYeshurun Rubin of Sulitza (

) and Sasregen (

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) (1884–1944), son of Rebbe Baruch. Rabbi of Sulitza and ''rebbe'' in Sasregen. He was murdered in the Holocaust. ******* Grand Rabbi Shmuel Shmelka Rubin of Sulitz (c. 1925-2013), Sulitzer Rebbe, son of Rebbe Yaakov Yisrael veYeshurun and son-in-law of Rebbe Yissachar Ber Rosenbaum of Stroznitz. Rabbi of the Sulitza congregation of

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, New York. ******** Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel VeYeshurun Rubin, son of Rebbe Shmuel Shmelka Rubin and son-in-law of the Kerestirer Rebbe, Sulitzer Rebbe in Far Rockaway, NY

Notes

References

* * This edition includes: ** ''לקוטי מהרמ"ם Liḳuṭe Maharmam'' by his son Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Glogiv (in ''Or yeshaʻ'') ** ''לקוטי מהר"ם 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, particularly ancestors of the Brizdovitz dynasty ** ''שארית ברוך Sheʼerit Barukh'' by his son Rebbe Baruch of Brezdovitz ** ''גליוני יוש"ר Gilyone yosher'', by his son Rebbe Yaakov Yisrael veYeshurun of Sulitza ** ''זרע קודש מצבתה Zeraʻ ḳodesh matsavtah'', a genealogical treatise by his son Rabbi Asher Yeshaya (who was murdered in the Holocaust). * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sulitz (Hasidic dynasty) Hasidic dynasties Jewish Hungarian history Rockaway, Queens