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Osrov-Henzin (Hasidic Dynasty)
The Ozerov Hasidic dynasty is a Hasidic group that began in 1827 when Rabbi Yehudah Leib Epstein, Rabbi of Ożarów in Poland since 1811, assumed leadership of his Hasidim ("disciples"). Ozerov is known for its learning, as one of the intellectual Hasidic dynasties. Rabbi Epstein was a disciple of the Seer of Lublin, the Holy Jew of Prshiskhe, the ''Ohev Yisrael'' of Apt, Poland, and Rabbi Myer, the ''Or LaShamayim'' of Apt. When Rabbi Myer died in 1827, his chasidim asked the Rabbi of Ożarów to be their new rebbe. Rabbi Yehudah Leib accepted this position reluctantly. His followers numbered in the thousands. He moved to Opole towards the end of his life and died in 1837. He was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Yechiel Chaim Epstein. Rabbi Yechiel Chaim was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Arye Yehuda Leib Epstein, author of the Hasidic work Birkas Tov, in 1887. Rabbi Arye Yehuda Leib had six children: # Grand Rabbi Avraham Shlomo Epstein of Ozharov (1864-1917) (who succeeded his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of contemporary Western Ukraine during the 18th century, and spread rapidly throughout Eastern Europe. Today, most affiliates reside in Israel and the United States. Israel Ben Eliezer, the "Baal Shem Tov", is regarded as its founding father, and his disciples developed and disseminated it. Present-day Hasidism is a sub-group within Haredi Judaism and is noted for its religious conservatism and social seclusion. Its members adhere closely both to Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish practice – with the movement's own unique emphases – and the traditions of Eastern European Jews. Many of the latter, including various special styles of dress and the use of the Yiddish language, are nowadays associated almost exclusively with Hasidism. Hasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biala (Hasidic Dynasty)
Biala (Yiddish: ביאלע) is a Hasidic dynasty originating from the city of Biała Rawska, where it was founded by R. Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz (II) (1847 - 1905). Biala is a branch of Peshischa Hasidism, as R. Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz (II) was the great-grandson of R. Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz ("the Yid HaKadosh") (1766 - 1813), the first Peshischa Rebbe. The dynasty was originally spread throughout many towns in Poland, often taking the names of said towns. However, after the Holocaust, the name "Biala" become synonymous with the entire dynasty. Today the dynasty is mostly concentrated in Israel, America and Switzerland. Lineage * Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz of Peshischa (1766 - 1813) - Known as the "Yid HaKadosh", he was a disciple of R. Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz of Lublin (1745 - 1815), whom he later separated from following a notable theological difference between the two men. The Yid HaKadosh established the Peshischa school of Hasidic thought based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasidic Dynasties Of Poland
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 contemporary Western Ukraine during the 18th century, and spread rapidly throughout Eastern Europe. Today, most affiliates reside in Israel and the United States. Israel Ben Eliezer, the "Baal Shem Tov", is regarded as its founding father, and his disciples developed and disseminated it. Present-day Hasidism is a sub-group within Haredi Judaism and is noted for its religious conservatism and social seclusion. Its members adhere closely both to Orthodox Jewish practice – with the movement's own unique emphases – and the traditions of Eastern European Jews. Many of the latter, including various special styles of dress and the use of the Yiddish language, are nowadays associated almost exclusively with Hasidism. Hasidic thought draws heavily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Horowitz-Sternfeld
Sarah Horowitz-Sternfeld (1838-1937), of Chęciny, Poland, was a prominent religious personality in the Hasidic community in pre-war era. Horowitz-Sternfeld was associated with the Chentshin-Ozharov, an amalgamation of the Chentshin and Ozharov dynasties, and was known as the Chentshiner Rebbetzin. According to scholars of Hasidic history, it is clear that Horowitz-Sternfeld was revered by Hasidic Jews of Poland for her spiritual position and she had adopted the custom typically associated of Hasidic leaders (the ''rebbe'' or ''tzaddik'') to receive petitions for blessings. The exact degree of her status in the Hasidic is contested, with some authors portraying Horowitz-Sternfeld as a "woman rebbe" (''froi rebbe''). In 1937, American Jewish coverage of the death of Sarah Horowitz-Sternfeld was described as the death of "the world's only woman Chassidic rabbi". Sarah Horowitz-Sternfeld was the daughter of Rabbi Joshua Heschel Frankel-Teonim and wife of Rabbi Chaim Shmuel Horowitz- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of The Jews In Poland
The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Ashkenazi Jewish community in the world. Poland was a principal center of Jewish culture, because of the long period of statutory religious tolerance and social autonomy which ended after the Partitions of Poland in the 18th century. During World War II there was a nearly complete genocidal destruction of the Polish Jewish community by Nazi Germany and its collaborators of various nationalities, during the German occupation of Poland between 1939 and 1945, called the Holocaust. Since the fall of communism in Poland, there has been a renewed interest in Jewish culture, featuring an annual Jewish Culture Festival, new study programs at Polish secondary schools and universities, and the opening of Warsaw's Museum of the History of Polish Jews. From the founding of the Kingdom of Poland in 1025 until the early years of the Polish–Lithuan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chentshin (Hasidic Dynasty)
Chentshin is the name of a Polish Hasidic dynasty founded by the Rebbe Chayim Shmuel Szternfeld. Chentshin is the Yiddish name of Chęciny, a town in present-day Poland. Rebbe Szternfeld was a great-grandson of the Chozeh of Lublin. He was known for his great love for the Land of Israel and he kept a clock in his house which told local time in the Land of Israel. The mantle of rebbe was eventually adopted by the Ozherov rebbe, so that Rabbi Moshe Yechiel Halevi Epstein (previous) and Rabbi Tanchum Becker (current) are the rebbes of Ozherov-Chenchin. Rabbi Moshe Yechiel Epstein's father was a son-in-law of Rebbe Chayim Shmuel of Chentshin. See also * Sarah Horowitz-Sternfeld Sarah Horowitz-Sternfeld (1838-1937), of Chęciny, Poland, was a prominent religious personality in the Hasidic community in pre-war era. Horowitz-Sternfeld was associated with the Chentshin-Ozharov, an amalgamation of the Chentshin and Ozharov d ..., the Chentshiner Rebbetzin References Hasidi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chęciny
Chęciny (Yiddish: חענטשין – Khantchin or Chentshin) is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, southern Poland, with 104,361 inhabitants as of December 2021. It was first mentioned in historical documents from 1275, and obtained its city charter in 1325. At that time was one of major urban centers of northern Lesser Poland. The most important sight in Chęciny is the royal castle built in the late 13th or early 14th century on the ''Castle Hill'' above the town. It fell into a ruin in the 18th century and remains in that state to this day. For centuries Chęciny (or ''Chentshin'') had a Jewish community and it had been the center of the Hasidic Chentshin dynasty, (Chęciny being pronounced as "Chentshin" or "Khantchin" in Yiddish.) Location and name Chęciny is located in Lesser Poland, and for centuries it belonged to Sandomierz Voivodeship. The distance to Kielce is . The town lies among the hills of western Świętokrzyskie Mountains, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modzitz (Hasidic Dynasty)
Modzitz, or Modzhitz, is the name of a Hasidic group within Orthodox Judaism that derives its name from ''Modrzyce'', one of the boroughs of the town of Dęblin, Poland, located on the Vistula River. Followers of this group are known as Modzitzer Hasidim, and are now based mainly in Bnei Brak (where one of the current Modzitzer Rebbes lives), and Jerusalem, Israel. They also have a smaller following in the United States, in Brooklyn (where the other current Modzitzer Rebbe lives), Monsey, New York, Far Rockaway, Queens, and Los Angeles, and in Toronto in Canada. The Modzitzer ''rebbe''s are well known for their musical compositions, many of which were recorded by Ben Zion Shenker. The ''rebbes'' of Modzitz and their followers have composed over 4,000 '' nigunim''. Forerunners Rebbe Yechezkel Taub of Kuzmir (1755–1856) The dynasty started with Rebbe Yechezkel Taub of Kuzmir, (1755–1856), who established yeshivas and a type of Hasidic teaching that was similar to that of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radom
Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the seat of a separate Radom Voivodeship (1975–1998). Radom is the fourteenth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in its province with a population of 206,946 as of 2021. For centuries, Radom was part of the Sandomierz Province of the Kingdom of Poland and the later Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Despite being part of the Masovian Voivodeship, the city historically belongs to Lesser Poland. It was a significant center of administration, having served as seat of the Crown Council which ratified the Pact of Vilnius and Radom between Lithuania and Poland in 1401. The Nihil novi and Łaski's Statute were adopted by the Sejm at Radom's Royal Castle in 1505. In 1976, it was a center of the June 1976 protests. The city is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabinowitz
Rabinowitz (also Rabinowicz) (רבינוביץ), is a Polish-Lithuanian Ashkenazi Jewish surname, Slavic for "''son of the rabbi''". The Russian equivalents are Rabinovich or Rabinovitch. It may refer to: People * Loren Galler-Rabinowitz (born 1986), US figure skater * Avraham Yissachar Dov Rabinowicz (1843–1892), Polish, second Radomsker Rebbe * Shlomo Rabinowicz (1801–1866), Polish, first Radomsker Rebbe * Shlomo Chanoch Rabinowicz (1882–1942), Polish, fourth Radomsker Rebbe * Yechezkel Rabinowicz (1864–1910), Polish, third Radomsker Rebbe * Alan Rabinowitz (1953–2018), US zoologist * Azriel Rabinowitz (1905–1941), Lithuanian rabbi & Rosh Yeshiva * Chaim Rabinowitz (1856–1930), Lithuanian rabbi & Rosh Yeshiva * David L. Rabinowitz (born 1960), US astronomer * Dorothy Rabinowitz (active 1957-2013), US journalist * Erick Elias Rabinowitz (born 1980), professional name "Erick Elías", Mexican actor * Gamliel Rabinowitz (active 2005-6), Israeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
