Kozhnitz is the name of a
Hasidic
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dynasty
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founded by the Kozhnitzer
Maggid
A maggid ( he, מַגִּיד), also spelled as magid, is a traditional Jewish religious itinerant preacher, skilled as a narrator of Torah and religious stories. A chaplain of the more scholarly sort is called a '' darshan'' (). The title of '' ...
,
Rebbe
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Yisroel Hopsztajn
Yisroel Hopstein (1737–1814), also known as the Maggid of Kozienice, Kozhnitz, was the founder of Kozhnitz (Hasidic dynasty), Kozhnitz Hasidism, and a noted ''hasidic'' leader in Poland during the late 18th and early 19th century. He was a stu ...
. Kozhnitz is the
Yiddish
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name of
Kozienice
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 ...
, a town in present-day
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
.
Lineage
Rebbe Yisroel Hopsztajn, the Maggid and founder of the Kozhnitz dynasty, and one of the three "patriarchs" of
Polish hasidism, was a disciple of Rebbe
Elimelech of Lizhensk
Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk (1717–March 11, 1787) was a rabbi and one of the great founding Rebbes of the Hasidic movement. He was known after his hometown, Leżajsk ( yi, ליזשענסק, translit=Lizhensk) near Rzeszów in Poland. He was ...
(Rabbi Elimelech Lipman of Lizhensk), author of ''Noam Elimelech''. The Rebbe Elimelech was a disciple of the Rebbe
Dovber, the ''
Maggid
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'' ("preacher") of Mezeritch, the primary 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 ...
, the founder of Hasidism.
*Kozhnitzer Magid :
Yisroel Hopsztajn
Yisroel Hopstein (1737–1814), also known as the Maggid of Kozienice, Kozhnitz, was the founder of Kozhnitz (Hasidic dynasty), Kozhnitz Hasidism, and a noted ''hasidic'' leader in Poland during the late 18th and early 19th century. He was a stu ...
(c. 1733 – 1814), author of the classic ''Avodas Yisroel''.
**Second Kozhnitzer Rebbe :
Moshe Elyokim Bri'o Hopsztajn (c. 1757 – 1828
[The State Archive of Radom](_blank)
"Jewish Civil Registry of Kozienice", 1828, Akt#: 84, Registration Type: death, Registration Year: 1828, Location: Kozienice, Surname: Hopszteyn, Given Name: Moszk, Father: Izrael. Indexed by JRI-Poland
JRI-Poland, also known as Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, is an online resource for Jewish genealogists searching for Jewish vital records for the current and former territories of Poland.
History
JRI-Poland was founded in 1995 by genealogists ...
.)— son of the ''Avodas Yisroel''; rebbe from 1814 to 1828.
***Third Kozhnitzer Rebbe :
Chayim Myer Yechiel Shapira (1789 – 1849
[The State Archive of Radom](_blank)
"Jewish Civil Registry of Mogielnica", 1849, Akt#: 10, Registration Type: death, Registration Year: 1849, Location: Mogielnica, Surname: Sapira, Given Name: Majer, FHL Film #723669. Indexed by JRI-Poland
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History
JRI-Poland was founded in 1995 by genealogists ...
.), the ''Sorof'' of
Moglenitz—grandson of the ''Avodas Yisroel'' : rebbe from 1828 to 1849; descendant ''ben acher ben'', from the
Megaleh Amukos, son-in-law of R' Elozor of Lizensk (son of the Elimelech of Lizensk). His father, R' Avi Ezri Zelig Shapira was the son-in-law of the Maggid of Kozhnitz.
****Rebbe Avi Ezri Zelig Shapira of Moglenitz, son of R Chaim Myer Yechiel, son-in-law of
Admor Avrohom Yaakov Friedman, first
Sadigura
Sadhora ( uk, Садгора; german: Sadagora; pl, Sadagóra; ro, Sadagura; yi, סאדיגורא Sadigora, also Sadagura and Sadiger) is a settlement in Ukraine, now a Sadhirskyi District of Chernivtsi city, which is located 6 km from the ...
rebbe.
*****Rebbe Chaim Myer Yechiel Shapira of
Drubitch, son of R Avi Ezri Zelig Shapira, son-in-law of Rebbe Yitzchok Friedman of
Bohush.
******Rebbe Avraham Yaakov Shapira of Drubitch and Jerusalem, Drubitcher Rebbe, son of Rebbe Chaim Myer Yechiel Shapira, son-in-law of Rebbe Nosson Dovid Rabinowicz of
Partzov (below).
***Fourth Kozhnitzer Rebbe :
Elozor Hopsztajn (I) (d. 1861)—son of Moshe Elyokim Bri'o Hopsztajn; rebbe from 1849 to 1861.
****Fifth Kozhnitzer Rebbe :
Yechiel Yaakov Hopsztajn (1846–1866)—son of Elozor; rebbe from 1863 – 1866.
*****Rebbe Nosson Dovid Rabinowicz of
Paczev, Partzever Rebbe, son-in-law of Rebbe Yechiel Yaakov (and son of the
Biala Rebbe, Yitzchok Yaakov Rabinowicz and direct descendant of the Yid / Yehudi HaKadosh)
*****Sixth Kozhnitzer Rebbe :
Yerachmiel Moshe Hopsztajn son of Yechiel Yaakov (1860- 13th of
Elul
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1909)
******Seventh generation of Kozhnitzer Rebbes
******Rebbe Aharon Yechiel, son of Rebbe Yerachmiel Moshe (1892- 3rd of
Tishre 1942). He was rebbe around the same time as his brothers.
******Rebbe Yisroel Elozor (1889–1966)
*******Eighth Kozhnitzer Rebbe in Israel : Moshe Shimshon Sternberg (a grandson of Rebbe Yisroel Elozor Hopsztajn
eventh generation, one of the last Hasidic
rebbes
A Rebbe ( yi, רבי, translit=rebe) or Admor ( he, אדמו״ר) is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties.Heilman, Samuel"The Rebbe and the Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism."''Religion and Spiritua ...
remaining in the mostly secular Tel Aviv. Does outreach (
kiruv
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) work in Tel Aviv; Bnei Brak; Jerusalem; and Upper West Side, Manhattan in New York.
******Rebbe Asher Elimelech
Kozhnitz communities in Williamsburg, Borough Park, Monsey and Sea Gate in Brooklyn also have their own rebbes, all descendants of the Maggid.
See also
*
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 l ...
References
External links
Simchas Beis Sho'eva in Kozhnitz Tel AvivKozhnitz Shteeble
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Hasidic dynasties of Poland
Orthodox Judaism in Poland