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Melitz was a Galician Hassidic dynastic sect, a branch of the Ropshitz Hasidic sect. The progenitor of the dynasty was Rabbi Ya'akov Horowitz, the son of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Horowitz of Ropshitz.


Dynasty

* 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) 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
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as ''Zeraʻ Yaʻaḳov'' (). Selected portions of this manuscript had been published previously. ** Rebbe Yehuda Horowitz of Melitz ( – 1879), son of Rebbe Yaakov. Married the daughter of Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel Shapiro of
Mogielnica Mogielnica is a town in Grójec County in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,475 inhabitants (2004) and an area of 141.56 square kilometres (54.7 sq mi). It is the seat of Gmina Mogielnica (urban-rural '' gmina'' administrative unit). In othe ...
of the
Kozhnitz Kozienice (; yi, קאזשניץ ''Kozhnits''; german: Koschnitz) is a town in eastern Poland with 21,500 inhabitants (1995). Located four miles from the Vistula, it is the capital of Kozienice County. Even though Kozienice is part of Lesser Pol ...
dynasty. *** Rebbe Naftali Horowitz of Melitz (died 1915), son of Rebbe Yehuda. **** Rebbe Elimelech Horowitz of Melitz, son of Rebbe Naftali and son-in-law of Rebbe Tzvi Hersh Horowitz of Rozvadov (see below). He died in the Holocaust. **** Rebbe Elazar Horowitz of Borov. He died in the Holocaust. ***** Rebbe Yechiel Mechel Moskowitz (1908–1956), Shotz-Melitzer ''Rebbe'', son of Rebbe Shulem Moshkovitz of Shotz and son-in-law of Rebbe Elazar Horowitz. ****** Rebbe Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz, Melitzer ''Rebbe'' of
Ashdod Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...
. **** Rebbe Menachem Mendel Horowitz of Melitz ( – 1943), son of Rebbe Naftali. He married Frumet Beila, daughter of Rabbi Shmuel Shmelka Ezriel, the rabbi of near
Wieliczka Wieliczka (German: ''Groß Salze'', Latin: ''Magnum Sal'') is a historic town in southern Poland, situated within the Kraków metropolitan area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. The town was initially founded in 1290 by Premislaus II of P ...
, and a great-granddaughter 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. He lived in Melitz where he was assistant rabbi and ''rebbe'' to his father. He died in the Holocaust in Radomishl (
Radomyśl Wielki Radomyśl Wielki () is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, (Mielec County), Poland, with a population of 3,231 inhabitants (30.06.2019). The town lies on a local road nr. 984, running between Tarnów and Mielec and within the historic borde ...
). **** Rebbe Avraham Abish Horowitz of
Spinka Spinka is the name of a Hasidic group within Haredi Judaism. The group originated in a city called Szaplonca ( yi, Spinka), in Máramaros County, Kingdom of Hungary (today Săpânţa, Romania). Spinka rebbes The first Spinka Rebbe was Rabbi ...
and Kruly (died 1944), son of Rebbe Naftali and son-in-law of Rebbe Yitzchak Eisik Weiss of
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. Rebbe Avraham Abish and his descendants continued his father-in-law's dynasty; see the lineage of the Horowitz branch of the Spinka dynasty. He died in the Holocaust. **** Rebbe Yitzchak Horowitz (died 1978), Melitzer ''Rebbe'' of New York City. Author of ''Birkat Yitsḥak'' (), (New York, 1950). *** Rebbe Yisrael Horowitz of Melitz, son of Rebbe Yehuda. His wife, Malka, was the daughter of his cousin, Rebbe Meir Horowitz of Dzhikov (see Dzhikov branch below). **** Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel Horowitz of
Raniżów Raniżów is a village in Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Raniżów. It lies approximately east of Kolbuszowa and north of the regional c ...
, son of Rebbe Yisrael. He married Hesia, daughter of Rebbe
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of Siget. He was the rabbi of Raniżów, then ''rebbe'' of Selish ( Vynohradiv). He died in the Holocaust.
His son-in-law, Rebbe Menachem Mendel Rubin of Muzhay (see below Ropshitz branch) succeeded him as the ''rebbe'' of Selish.) **** Rebbe Yaakov Horowitz, Melitz-Dzhikover Rebbe of
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 Yisrael, died in the Holocaust. ***** Rebbe Yehuda Horowitz, Melitz-Dzhikover Rebbe of
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, son of Rebbe Yaakov, died in the Holocaust. His wife was the granddaughter of Rebbe Abish Frankel (son-in-law of Rebbi Yaakov Horowitz
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of Melitz) and of Rebbe Chanina Horowitz of Ulanov (see below). ****** Rebbe Yehoshua Horowitz Melitz-Dzhikover Rebbe of
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, son of Rebbe Yehuda, died in the Holocaust. ******* Rebbe Eliezer Horowitz (died 1997), Melitz-Turner Rebbe of
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and Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York, son of Rebbe Yehoshua and son-in-law of Rabbi Yeruchem Bernstein of Jerusalem, a descendant of the Lelov dynasty. ******** Rebbe Shia Horowitz, Melitzer Rebbe of Borough Park, Brooklyn, son of Rebbe Eliezer. ******** Rebbe Avraham Yaakov Horowitz, Dzhikov-Melitzer Rebbe of Monsey, New York, son of Rebbe Eliezer and son-in-law of Rebbe Mendel Wagschal, Shinever Rebbe of Monsey (of the Lantzut dynasty). ******** Rebbe Yitzchak David Horowitz, son of Rebbe Eliezer and son-in-law of Rebbe Yoel Beer, the Ratzferter Rebbe of
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, of the Sanz dynasty. Rabbi of the Hasidic community of São Paulo. ** Rebbe Chanina Horowitz of
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(died 1881), son of Rebbe Yaakov and son-in-law of his uncle, Rebbe Eliezer Horowitz of Dzhikov (see Dzhikov branch below). ** Rebbe Avraham Horowitz of Shendishov (1823–1905), son of Rebbe Yaakov. *** Rebbe Alter Zev Horowitz of Strizhov (died 1920), son of Rebbe Avraham *** Rebbe Asher Yerucham Horowitz ( – 1955), Shendishover Rebbe of New York, son of Rebbe Avraham. In Poland, he lived in Piantikov. He emigrated to the United States in the late 1920s. The rest of his family died in the Holocaust. He lived in
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.


Rabbi Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz

Grand Rabbi Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz is the current Melitzer Rebbe of
Ashdod Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...
,
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and author of the ''Peiros Hailan'' halachic discourses on the laws of '' Chol HaMoed'' and the ''Nefesh Chaya'' a commentary and linear interpretation of the
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. The Melitzer Rebbe is the grandson of the Shotzer Rebbe of
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, and a seventh generation
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descendant of Rebbe Yechiel Michal of
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. His saintly grandfathers also include 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 ...
, The Degel Machane Ephraim, The Noam Elimelech, Rebbe Meir of Premishlan, Rebbe
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 ...
, and other well-known '' tzaddikim''. Grand Rabbi Moscowitz is married to Mrs. Shaindel Kahana Stern of
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, daughter of an understudy of the Shotzer Rov of London, the Melitzer rebbe's grandfather. In 1996, Rabbi Lazer Brody who is a Melitzer Chosid, became the understudy of The Melitzer Rebbe, a position he kept for two years.https://www.torahanytime.com/#/speaker?l=400


Notes


References

* 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. * * *


Further reading

* ::A history of the Melitz dynasty, particularly of ''Rebbes'' Yaakov, Yehuda and Naftali of Melitz. {{Hasidic dynasties Hasidic dynasties Descendants of the Baal Shem Tov