Shotz is a
Hasidic dynasty originating in the city of
Suceava
Suceava () is the largest urban settlement and the seat town ( ro, oraș reședință de județ) of Suceava County, situated in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania, and at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe. Klaus Pet ...
,
Romania
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( yi, שאָץ ''Shots'', ).
Origins and early history
Lineage of the Shotz dynasty
* Rabbi Yisroel "
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 ...
", founder of Hasidism
** Rabbi
Yechiel Michl, the
"Magid of Zlotshev", a student of Rabbi Yisroel.
*** Rabbi Yosef of
Yampol (son of Rabbi Yechiel Mechl)
**** Rabbi Chaim of
Satanov (son of Rabbi Yosef of Yampol), married Sheindel, said by some to have been the daughter of Rabbi Mordechai of Neshchiz, but denied by some of Rabbi Yoel's descendants.
***** Rabbi Yoel Moscowicz ( yi, ר' יואל מאָשקאָוויטש) the first
rebbe
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 ...
of Shotz (son of Rabbi Chaim of Satanov)
****: He married Miriam Chaya, the daughter of Rabbi Meyer'l of Premishlan.
Outline of the Shotz dynasty[''Me'ore Galitsya'', by Meir Vunder]
* Rabbi Yoel of Shotz
** Rabbi Alter Aharon Aryeh of Podilay ( yi, פאדיליי;
Podu Iloaiei, Romania)
** Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Moshe of Sulitza ( yi, סוליצא;
Sulița, Romania)
*** Rabbi
Shulem Moshkovitz
Shulem Moskovitz (23 November 1877 – 14 January 1958), known as the Shotzer Rebbe, was a Romanian hasidic Rabbi. He was a descendant of the famed chasidic Rebbe Yechiel Mikhl of Zlotshov.
Background
Moskovitz emigrated to London, England, be ...
of Shotz – son of Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Moshe and son-in-law of his uncle, Rabbi Meir
** Rabbi Meir of Shotz, Rabbi Yoel's successor.
He married Dinah Rubin, daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Rubin of
Brody
Brody ( uk, Броди; russian: Броды, Brodï; pl, Brody; german: Brody; yi, בראָד, Brod) is a city in Zolochiv Raion of Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately ...
, a descendant of the
Ropshitz dynasty, and Eidel, daughter of Rabbi
Sholom Rokeach
Sholom Rokeach (1781 – September 10, 1855), also known as the ''Sar Sholom'' ( he, שר שלום, "Angel of Peace"), was the first Belzer Rebbe.
To Belzer Hasidim, he is known as "Der Ershter Rov" (the first rabbi), but in the city of Belz itse ...
of
Belz
Belz ( uk, Белз; pl, Bełz; yi, בעלז ') is a small city in Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, located between the Solokiya river (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the adminis ...
. After Dinah died, Rabbi Meir married Vita. He had children from both marriages.
Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Leib Moshkovitz Shotzer Rebbe of Tshernovitz son of Rebbe Meir, who married Pesha Leah, the daughter of Rebbe Nacum of Bershtein. They had 4 children, Avraham Chaim, who was killed by the Nazi's, Eidel who was married to Rav Moshe Paneth, Rav of Deizh, Reb Yoel who was killed by the Nazis and Reb Tzvi Moshkovitz, married to Friedeh the daughter of Reb Yisroel Seidenfeld from Munkatch, Reb Tzvi Moshkovitz, who lived in New York had 2 children, Yisroel Moshkovitz who lives In Boro Park, Brooklyn and Reb Moshe Aryeh (Leibel) Moshkovitz who is Rebbe of the International Center of Shotz in Jerusalem. Abraham Chaim’s wife and 2 children survived the Holocaust, his son Reb Mayer is the Shotzer Rebbe on the East side of Manhattan he has 4 children from his marriage to Chaya Sarah Rabinowitz, daughter of Reb Yosef Benzion the Detroiter Rebbe. His children are Milka Rachel of Brooklyn, Avraham Chaim of Long Island, Meshulam Zushe of Ofra, Israel and Yoel of Manhattan.
*** Rabbi Yaakov (Yankel) Moshkovitz of Shotz.
Son of Rabbi Meir and one of his successors. He was the Rebbe of Shotz for a period of time before and after
World War II
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before immigrating to
Haifa
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, Israel. He married Pessl, the daughter of Rabbi Sinai Halberstam, the Rebbe of
Zhmigrod. They had two children, Yekusiel Yehuda (Zalmen Leib) and Miriam Yehudis. Rabbi Yaakov died in 1954 but his son refused to become a rebbe.
****Rabbi Sinai Moshkovitz of Shotz-Beitar.
Son of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda and Rebbetzin Chana, daughter of the rebbe of Kretchnif-Bucharest, Rabbi Shmuel Deutcsh. He was 9 years old when his father died in 1976 and became rebbe in 2016 in accordance with his mother's
will. He resides in
Beitar Illit
Beitar Illit ( he, בֵּיתָר עִלִּית; officially Betar Illit; "Illit" is pronounced "ee-leet"; ar, بيتار عيليت) is an Haredi Jewish- Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, sou ...
.
Rabbi Shulem Moscowicz
Rabbi
Shulem Moshkovitz
Shulem Moskovitz (23 November 1877 – 14 January 1958), known as the Shotzer Rebbe, was a Romanian hasidic Rabbi. He was a descendant of the famed chasidic Rebbe Yechiel Mikhl of Zlotshov.
Background
Moskovitz emigrated to London, England, be ...
, the Shotzer
Rebbe
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 ...
, was the son of Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Moshe above. He married Shlomtza, the daughter of his father's brother, Rabbi Meir, and his first wife, Dinah. He later moved to
London
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,
England
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. Rabbi Shalom left a will specifying that anyone who can come to his grave and ask for his help, as long as they better themselves in at least one way in exchange.
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The Shotzer Rebbe wrote several volumes of Torah
The Torah (; hbo, ''Tōrā'', "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. In that sense, Torah means the ...
commentaries named ''Daas Sholom'', which are arranged according to the order of Perek Shirah
''Perek Shira'' (Hebrew פרק שירה, lit. "Chapter of Song") is an ancient Jewish text. There are a number of versions extant, some associated with the Ashkenazic tradition, some with the Sephardic, and some with the Mizrahi Jews tradition. ...
. He was known as a genius both in the revealed Torah and in Kabbalah
Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "receiver"). The defin ...
, and lived a life style of holiness and simplicity.
The most prominent descendant of Shotzer Rebbe is rabbi y. M. Moskowitz the shotz-drubitz'r rabbi, (Brooklyn/ bet shemesh), Also is very appreciated, his grandson Rabbi Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz
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 (&nb ...
, the Melitzer Rebbe, in Ashdod, author of several books, including ''Peros Hailan'' on the laws of Chol HaMoed, and ''Nefesh Chaya'', a commentary and interpretation of the Book of Psalms.
There are also Shotzer Rebbes in Montreal
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, Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
, Bnei Brak, Beth Shemesh, Monsey, Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
, and Antwerp.
See also
* List of Hasidic dynasties
References
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Hasidic dynasties
Hasidic Judaism in Israel
Hasidic Judaism in the United States
Hasidic Judaism in Romania
Suceava