Sasregen is a

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from

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. Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Rubin was the previous Sasregener

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in the

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section of

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, New York. He died in 2020 during the

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pandemic.

History

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

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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, Dombrov, Dzhikov, Melitz, Shotz, Strizhov, Stutchin, Sulitza, and Tseshenov. The previous Sasregener Rebbe was the son of Rabbi Jacob Israel Jeshurun Rubin (30 Kislev 5645 ecember 18, 1884

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, – 15 Sivan 5704 une 6, 1944, ''

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'' (head of the rabbinical court) of Solitza and Sasregin, 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 killed in the

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. His brothers were the late Rabbi Shmuel Shmelka Rubin, Sulitzer Rebbe of Far Rockaway, and the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rubin, who was the Muzhayer Rebbe (d. 2008) of Midwood, Brooklyn. Rubin married Mirl Eichenstein, daughter of Rabbi Joshua Eichenstein. Their eldest son, Rabbi

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, is the

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Rav of 45th Street, and son-in-law of the late Grand Rabbi Naftali Halberstam of Bobov. The Sasregener Rebbe was the author of ''Kol HaMikra'ot ShebeTalmud Bavli'', which he began in 1955 and published in 1987.

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

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) and Sasregen (

) (1884–1944), son of Rebbe Baruch. Rabbi of Sulitza, and ''Rebbe'' in Sasregen. He was murdered in the Holocaust. *******Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Rubin (Died 8 Nissan 5780 which is on April 2, and he was approximately 90 years old), Sasregener Rebbe, son of Rebbe Yaakov Yisrael veYeshurun, and son-in-law of Rebbe Yehoshua Eichenstein of

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dynasty. Rabbi of K'hal Sasregen congregation in the

neighborhood of

, New York.

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). *

External links

Kehal Sasregen website

Sasregen Rebbe Counting the Omer, 2001 (video)
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