Bohush ( yi, בוהוש) is a
Hasidic dynasty
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named for the town of
Buhuși,
Romania
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. The dynasty began in the mid-nineteenth century with
Rabbi
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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 ...
. In 1987 the Bohush ''
beis medrash
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'' was transferred to
Bnei Brak, 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
Kloyz
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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
yeshivos, two
kollel
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s, and communities all over Israel, in The United States,
Antwerp and
London
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.
Bohush is one of the branches of the
Ruzhiner dynasty, together with
Boyan
Boyan may refer to:
People
* Bojan, a common Slavic given name spelled as Boyan in Bulgarian
* Boyan (bard) (10th–11th century), a bard active at the court of Yaroslav the Wise
* Boyan (given name), a common Bulgarian given name
* Boyan (Hasid ...
,
Chortkov,
Husiatyn
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,
Sadigura, and
Shtefanesht.
Lineage
* Rebbe
Yisrael Friedman of
Ruzhin (born October 5, 1796 at
Ruzhyn, died October 9, 1851 at
Sadhora
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), the
** Rebbe Shalom Yosef Friedman of
Sadigura (born 1812 at Ruzhin, died September 8, 1851 at
Leipzig
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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
Boyan
Boyan may refer to:
People
* Bojan, a common Slavic given name spelled as Boyan in Bulgarian
* Boyan (bard) (10th–11th century), a bard active at the court of Yaroslav the Wise
* Boyan (given name), a common Bulgarian given name
* Boyan (Hasid ...
, son of Rabbi
Avraham Yaakov of
Sadigura).
[
**** 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]Bucharest
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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 typhus
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),Arosa
, neighboring_municipalities= Alvaneu, Davos, Langwies, Lantsch/Lenz, Molinis, Peist, Schmitten, Tschiertschen, Vaz/Obervaz, Wiesen
, twintowns = Fukumitsu (Japan)
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), son of Rebbe Sholom Yosef and husband of his cousin, Yocheved Feige, daughter of Rebbe Menachem MendelTuriisk
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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
See also
* Hasidic Judaism
Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Judaism, Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory ...
* Hasidic rebbes
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* History of the Jews in Romania
The history of the Jews in Romania concerns the Jews both of Romania and of Romanian origins, from their first mention on what is present-day Romanian territory. Minimal until the 18th century, the size of the Jewish population increased after ...
* Romania in World War II
Following the outbreak of World War II on 1 September 1939, the Kingdom of Romania under King Carol II officially adopted a position of neutrality. However, the rapidly changing situation in Europe during 1940, as well as domestic political up ...
* Trisk (Hasidic dynasty)
The Trisk dynasty is a Volyn (then in the Russian Empire, today Ukraine) Hasidic dynasty, a branch of the Chernobyl dynasty, originating in Turiisk, Ukraine. The rebbes of the court also served in Poland, before the Second World War it was a large ...
References
External links
Buhusi.NET - Bohush Dynasty Part I
Buhusi.NET - Bohush Dynasty Part II
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